Remote work is officially dead: 3 days in the office is the new norm, says CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter—except for ‘very special’ talent

As Instagram employees join the millions of workers who were slapped with a return-to-office mandate in 2025, remote work is fast becoming a status symbol.

Sander van ’t Noordende, the global CEO of Randstad, which places around half a million workers in jobs every week, says the great return-to-office war is effectively over—and a new pecking order has emerged.

While rank-and-file staff are dragged back to their desks, the CEO of the world’s biggest talent company says only...