Despite tech companies leading the way toward remote work during and after the pandemic, Instagram this week became the latest big-tech org to call workers back to the office full-time.

In a memo released Monday, Adam Mosseri, CEO and president of the 20,000-employee social media giant, informed employees they will be required to work five days a week in an office starting Feb. 2. Since 2023, the organization has had a three-day, in-office policy. It is now the first of the family of Meta companies—including Facebook and WhatsApp—to mandate a full-time return to the

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