Lately, the conversation about office policy has been dominated by reports of return-to-office mandates, with many employers aiming to get all of their workers back in-person by the end of the year. But a new study shows that, despite the best efforts of many RTO proponents, hybrid schedules represent a lasting shift in the way we work—and employees like it that way.

The study is the ninth annual “State of Hybrid Work” report from Owl Labs, a company that offers remote work tech like video conferencing. It found that, across industries, hybrid work isn’t just “a trend.” Rather, it’s now become a priority that workers are “often willing to trade compensation or quietly sacrifice productivity” to protect.

Here are three main takeaways from the data:

When flexible work gets taken away, emp

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