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Employees don't always want to transition from remote work to in-office or hybrid working.
  • As Big Tech forces some workers back into the office, some employees push back against RTO mandates.
  • Business Insider spoke with four employees who quit or turned down jobs over in-office work.
  • Some had moved states, while others said RTO didn't work with their childcare commitments.

To RTO or not to RTO? CEOs worldwide are debating if asking employees to give up their plush work-from-home setups and return to the office is a good idea.

Google's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, said remote working was to blame for the company losing its competitive edge to startups, including OpenAI.