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The 2025 Enterprise Occupancy Tracking Report 8 Copyright © 2025 Tango. All rights reserved. 01 40% of enterprises have different hybrid policies for different teams and departments Some roles simply aren't suited for hybrid or remote work. They may require specialized equipment or particular environments, or be heavily dependent on constant synchronous collaboration. In these instances, it's common for some roles or departments to have different WFH policies than others. Often, this means that employees will have varying levels of flexibility. For an organization, that means some demand for space will be consistent (based on the percentage of employees required to work in-person), and some will also vary based vv on hybrid schedules. This can complicate efforts to track space utilization throughout the building. How does the influx of hybrid employees affect congestion, shared spaces, and amenities? Is it more difficult for fully in-person employees to work effectively and access the resources they need on days where there are more hybrid employees in the building? Badge scans rarely provide sufficient insight. Reservation and sensor data is also needed to show variations in utilization rates for reservable and non-reservable spaces. 02 Smaller enterprises offer more flexibility Giving employees complete autonomy to decide where, when, and how they work is obviously the most difficult hybrid work policy to facilitate. On any given day, demand for space depends on the overlap in employees' personal schedules and preferences. A fixed schedule, alternatively, allows an employer to coordinate who is in the office on which days and at what times, making it easier to balance demand for space throughout the week. Considering these added challenges, it's not surprising that only about one quarter (24%) of all firms surveyed let employees choose where and how they work. However, when the survey data was isolated to "smaller" bbbb firms (those with between $1 billion and $10 billion in annual revenue), the percentage increased to one third. In our 2025 Workplace Predictions, Tango's workplace experts argued that smaller businesses will be best positioned to offer greater flexibility, and that they'll need this advantage to compete with larger enterprises with more compelling compensation packages. Andy Anderson, our EVP of Energy and Sustainability, noted that "with every new RTO mandate that comes into effect in 2025, leaner SMBs can swoop in to offer one of the most desirable benefits to modern office workers."

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