GoodHire: “3,500 American managers share their thoughts and feelings about remote work, return-to-office mandates, their preferred working model (fully remote, hybrid, or in-office), how COVID-19 has impacted the hiring and retention process, pay cuts for those who refuse to return to the office, and much more. Years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies were experimenting with remote work scenarios as work-life balance became a thing during the ‘70s and ‘80s. Working from home was a tech-driven phenomenon that seemed a natural move for hip, forward-looking companies, but as early as 2013, some companies had already declared the practice a failure.  Nevertheless, the notion of working from home survived and fostered platforms like Zoom and Slack that would make seamless and secure business communication available to any size company. The pandemic abruptly moved remote working from an experimental perk to an absolute necessity, however, and many employees came to enjoy the home office scenario full of added flexibility and a commute of just a few steps from bed to office. Now, as the pandemic wanes, many companies are calling their workers back to the office. But these businesses are finding that they still have to make remote working concessions. Managers are realizing they cannot just flip the switch and demand that all employees return to the office for all of their shifts.  With that in mind, we wanted to identify current management trends and discover the working models that managers prefer, potentially leading to “The Great Return.” So, we surveyed 3,500 American managers to find out their remote vs. in-office preferences as we move into the summer of 2022.  We wanted to know what company working models—fully remote, hybrid, or fully in-office—are currently in place, managers’ plans for the future, and concerns and feelings about the remote vs. in-office working environments…”