A survey by the New York Fed found that 48.8% of workers who came into the office had no in-person meetings with colleagues or other employees on their latest office day. On office days, 70.6% of workers had at least one colleague absent, while 37% attended a virtual meeting even though all participants were in the same office. Researchers say that distributing teams across multiple offices, weak enforcement of attendance mandates and the proliferation of virtual meetings are creating an in-office work experience that is physically and socially remote. These findings question the expected benefits of return-to-office policies, although the authors emphasize that proper compliance can still deliver the face-to-face interaction workers value.
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