Why Employees Are Giving Up Remote Work and Moving Back to Urban Centers

As stricter return‑to‑office mandates take hold, new data shows remote workers reversing their pandemic‑era migration.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

One of the major changes unleashed by the pandemic—and the accompanying spread of remote work—was the large migration of employees from major urban areas. With many jobs no longer anchored to city-based offices, people were free to move to almost anywhere else they preferred to live—often at lower costs to boot. But now, new survey data indicates that exodus has reversed course, with grim labor markets and tightening return to........

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