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Tech companies that pioneered remote work now are enforcing stricter return-to-office mandates amid layoffs and shrinking office footprints.

As economic headwinds begin to gust, a showdown of sorts—maybe we should call it a "last stand"—is developing over whether and how to intensify efforts to cajole people into returning to the office. Tactics range from coercion (think performance reviews) to what we'll charitably call a dignified form of begging. Few observers think hybrid work patterns will fade, but several major employers are drawing the line on how flexible they're willing to be about work-from-home days.

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