Foot traffic in American workplaces reached the highest levels since the pandemic and related lockdowns began, with back-to-office trends strongest in metros like New York, Boston, and Austin. Based on data from Robin’s Return to Office report, employees going back to offices increased at a rate of 19 percent in October. New York and Boston registered 22 and 34 percent increase in office-goers respectively. Building on September’s post-summer increase in office usage, conference room bookings have gone up six percent while office occupancy across the country currently stand at 25 percent. According to Robin, tech companies along with media and telecom outperformed other industries in office desk bookings last month. However, real estate companies saw 15 percent fewer employees return back to work, and a staggering 50 percent of health care workers chose not to return. Vaccine mandates could be a reason for this absence. The survey also revealed an …
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