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Copyright © 2023 Tango. All rights reserved. 1 As workplaces around the world have embraced hybrid and remote work models, many employers have experienced tension between their desire to have workers back in the office and their need to keep those workers happy. Even some of the world's largest, most prestigious employers have had to walk back their return-to-office plans in reaction to employee responses. This has fueled a global conversation about how much value a company's physical office space truly contributes to work. Although studies have shown that remote work has had little impact on productivity, many employers and thought leaders argue that this shift may have other harder-to-measure consequences, such as loss of innovation or weakening of company culture. After a year of reporting on the ongoing conversation about hybrid work in "The Future of Work" newsletter, Tango conducted a study of hybrid, remote, and fully in-person office workers throughout 2022. The study explores the assumed link between a physical campus and strong company culture, differences in how employees experience common workplace challenges, and employee preferences about where and how they work. The Future of Work study asked office workers to self- select whether they work fully in-person, fully remote, or a hybrid arrangement, and then separated them into distinct tracks based on these groupings. The tracks used a combination of Likert scale questions, ratings, and free responses to gauge their sentiment and experience with their current work arrangement. Introduction Here's what we'll cover in our report on the study's findings: ظ Company Culture ظ Work Preferences ظ Workplace Challenges ظ Campus Amenities ظ Desk Reservations But first, here are some of the most interesting findings: ظ Fully in-person respondents were least satisfied with their employer's company culture ظ All three groups wanted their employer to provide access to an office ظ Most fully remote employees claimed hybrid work was their ideal model ظ In-person workers struggle more with interruptions and privacy than remote workers ظ Childcare was the least important amenity to respondents ظ Most employers with hybrid workers are wasting space on dedicated workstations 2023 Future of Work Report: Introduction

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