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TikTok's US Staff Are Bracing for 5-Day RTO
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Starting in September, TikTok will require most US employees to return to the office five days a week, ending hybrid work arrangements for many staffers.
- Some teams, such as TikTok Shop’s e-commerce division, have already been working full-time in the office for over a year.
- The company had previously indicated in December that a full office return was expected by 2026 for teams like product, marketing, and ad sales.
- TikTok joins other tech giants like Instagram and Amazon in enforcing full-time office attendance, while companies like YouTube and Patreon maintain hybrid models, and Spotify and Dropbox prioritize flexible or virtual-first work.
- TikTok operates across multiple US cities and functions under a joint venture involving ByteDance and investors like Oracle and Silver Lake, with some divisions managed globally and others separately in the US.
