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The RTO push is over. Hybrid work has won out, says nation's top remote-work expert.

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An employee uses a phone booth to attend a hybrid meeting at the SimpliSafe headquarters. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
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US companies haven't given up on getting their employees back to the office, but a new normal that's more of a hybrid system seems to be taking shape. 

That's according to Stanford economist and work-from-home expert Nick Bloom. In a tweet last week, Bloom said that the most updated data on remote work, office occupancy, and public transit use were pointing to the same conclusion: return-to-office is dead.

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Jacob Zinkula
Jacob Zinkula
Jacob Zinkula is a senior economy reporter with Business Insider. He joined in 2022 and covers the job market, the tech industry, and careers.Before joining Business Insider, Jacob earned a Master’s in Business & Economic Reporting from Columbia University. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a credit analyst. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and a minor in Journalism.