Laptop Man & The New Hybrid Remote Work Reality

No, we are not “going back” to the office

Remote work is now a normalized part of our modern working world.

Based on this chart from Kastle (a badging company) that I’ve been following for the past few years, occupancy rates plateaued between 40–60% depending on the city for at least 2+ years.1

This overall number, however, only tells us the average occupancy. It doesn’t tell us about the different percentages of companies employing which specific strategies.

But the company does break it down by day. From the daily averages, we see that Friday has become a de-facto stay-at-home day for almost 7 out of 10 people, and Tuesday is the de-facto in-office day for 6 out of 10 people.

Looking at each day, we find that the default pattern is a hybrid 3-day in-office work arrangement.

We also see that there hasn’t been much shift in this over the last year (despite continued press about “return to office” moves like Amazon).