The long tail of pandemic lockdowns is still dragging down office usage data. Even on the most crowded days in the average office, foot traffic is only 64% of 2019 levels. Across the week, the average attendance volume averages less than 54% of prepandemic occupancy.
Attendance data suggests companies are struggling to codify return-to-office policies five years after the pandemic struck, but brokers, analysts and even survey data suggest a more nuanced picture. The days of rolling out return-to-office policies are largely over, but how employers and their staff use their office space has permanently changed.
“RTO is not a relevant concept…
Source: RTO Is Dead, Long Live RTO: Employers Move From Policy Rollouts To Space Optimization