Flex Report Q2 2024

About the Flex Q2 Report

The United States is a melting pot. From our mashup of cultures to the unique diversity across the population, America's dynamism is on full display, especially in an election year. That variability is also apparent when it comes to attitudes and approaches to flexible work.

Over the last 15+ months of tracking flexible work trends, we've witnessed a broad spectrum of policy types and moves. Some companies are heading in opposite directions; Macy's is now mandating employees return to the office or risk termination, whereas H&R Block reversed their RTO mandate after listening to feedback from their employees.

While the US as a whole has become more flexible, the adoption of work location flexibility continues to vary significantly depending on how you slice it. Industries like Tech, Financial Services, and Media have been the heaviest adopters of hybrid and remote work; industries that are more foot traffic dependent tend to embrace more office time. Small companies tend to lean toward Fully Flexible models; larger companies tend to pick Structured Hybrid approaches.

In this quarterly report, we take a deeper dive into flexible work patterns regionally across the United States, and how those trends have evolved over the last 15 months. We dig into flexible work by state and metro, and even look at the surprising relationship between cost of living and flexibility.

Read on for the latest trends and what we’re seeing across the country!