University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

By ERIN FLYNN JAY Return to the office mandates and the continued desire for a better quality of life are affecting Americans as they decide where to move in 2023. Companies that allowed employees to work remotely during and immediately after the Covid pandemic are reversing course this year. On Sept. 5, Meta’s requirement that employees assigned to an office show up at least three days a week went into effect. With the policy change, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company joined Google and other major employers that are pulling the plug on remote work despite advances in technology that allow people to log in from anywhere. Some analysts argue that it is a leadership preference, while others point out that…