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The RTO push is over. Hybrid work has won out, says nation's top remote-work expert.

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An employee uses a phone booth to attend a hybrid meeting at the SimpliSafe headquarters. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
  • The return of in-office work has stalled out, according to work-from-home expert Nick Bloom.
  • Remote work's prevalence is expected to continue increasing in the years ahead.
  • Researchers explain how both employees and companies can benefit from a hybrid work model.

US companies haven't given up on getting their employees back to the office, but a new normal that's more of a hybrid system seems to be taking shape. 

That's according to Stanford economist and work-from-home expert Nick Bloom. In a tweet last week, Bloom said that the most updated data on remote work, office occupancy, and public transit use were pointing to the same conclusion: return-to-office is dead.

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