Who's going back to the office and who's not
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🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
More than five years after the start of the pandemic, we’re learning more about who's working in person and who isn't. Labor Department data shows 29% of men work from home, down from 34% two years ago. But the number of women working remotely has stayed flat at 36%. We'll discuss what to make of the dynamic. Also: Wholesale inflation remains unchanged, and the White House launches an investigation into unfair trade practices by Brazil.
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| 0:36.9 | Who is going back to the office and who is not? |
| 0:41.9 | From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshaw, in for David Wrencaccio. |
| 0:45.6 | Starbucks is the latest employer to call workers back to the office. |
| 0:49.7 | We're talking corporate workers here. |
| 0:51.0 | The coffee chain is requiring them to be physically at work four days a week |
| 0:54.7 | starting in October. Meanwhile, more than five years after many people were forced to start working |
| 1:00.6 | from home, we're learning more about who is coming back in person and who isn't. The latest Labor |
| 1:06.1 | Department survey shows 29% of men work from home. That is down from 34% two years ago. But the number of women working from home has stayed flat at 36%. Marketplaces, Kristen Schwab, has more. |
| 1:20.1 | The thing about these stats from the Labor Department is they don't come with a lot of context. For instance, more men back at work could have something to do with the kind of work or roles they're in. When Fan, who studies the future of work at Boston College, says men are more likely to be managers. And we know that managers are far more likely to go back to office compared with non-managers. The disparity could also have something to do with family and gender dynamics. |
| 1:48.3 | Fan says women are expected to shoulder more of the responsibility of home and child care. |
| 1:53.7 | Meanwhile, men are still expected to climb up the career on ladder to, you know, show that they are highly committed to their job. |
| 2:01.9 | And one way to demonstrate that is by showing their loyalty to the organization to go back to the office. |
| 2:08.2 | It's hard to characterize this dynamic of fewer women working in person as good or bad. |
| 2:14.6 | It's really a double-edged sort. |
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