We find that these firms experience abnormally high employee turnover following RTO mandates. The increase in turnover rates is more pronounced for female employees, more senior employees, and more skilled employees.

It’s no surprise that the best and more capable employees leave when RTO mandates occur. I would quit immediately if I were forced back into any office and will never work for a company that requires office attendance again. It is so insanely unproductive. And to be perfectly frank, compared to my peers I am somewhere between 3-20x as productive as the average employee in my career field. Lose me and you’re going to have a hire a lot more people¹.

Good to see some research around this.

1. I am currently working on a major project alone that in most firms would be done by 8-10 people, for instance, all while still doing my main job.