New research provides a compelling analysis of the repercussions of return-to-office (RTO) policies on employee turnover, hiring, and the overall talent pool within major corporations. Using data from more than 3 million LinkedIn profiles, Mark Ma, at the University of Pittsburgh, along with other scholars, find significant brain drain caused by RTO mandates in large S&P 500 tech and financial firms—the ones often seen as dream employers.

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