This time last year, Australian chief executives were heralding the end of the flexible workplace: 82 per cent of them expected white-collar workers to be back in the office five days a week in three years. How quickly things have changed.

The latest KPMG global chief executive survey, released this week, shows just 22 per cent of Australian respondents expect white-collar workers to return full-time in what represents a massive backflip on workplace flexibility.

“The numbers confirm what we have long suspected: a return to a fully back-in-the-office workforce in Australia is unlikely,” KPMG Australia boss Andrew Yates said. According to Yates, it may reflect, another year on from the pandemic, a better grasp of priorities by both sides.

“Employers understand that the degree of flexibil

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