Even in the age of flexible work, landing your dream hybrid job might not be enough to keep you safe from creeping in-office policies. Just because the job ad promised two days a week of commuting, it doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. In fact, many employers are steadily increasing the days they’re asking their workforce to show face—but they’re doing it on the sly to not spook staff or trigger pushback.

The new phenomenon is called “the hybrid creep,” according to a recent report from Owl Labs .

According to the report, only 23% of employers have made formal changes to their remote or hybrid policies in the past year. Likewise, 73% of workers say their companies haven’t changed their remote or hybrid policies in the past year.

Yet, the number of in-person days coming down the pipelin

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