The company sent Channel 9 the following statement: “As we return to a normal, post-pandemic working environment, we believe we do our best work when we have the ability to collaborate in-person. In alignment with our purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities, we’ve increased our focus on intentional flexibility since the beginning of the pandemic to support the personal and professional needs of our teammates. Our mission for teammates is to create an inclusive, energizing environment to help foster meaningful careers, and we provide a best-in-class total rewards program and highly-competitive benefits like an industry-leading minimum wage, elder and child care assistance, tuition assistance, career development programs, hybrid workstyles for most teammates, generous paid vacation, days off for well-being and volunteerism, mental health support, maternity/paternity leave, adoption benefits, and a student debt program.
Our new return-to-office policy was designed around our intentional flexibility philosophy, and formalizes the guidance announced in November 2022 that hybrid teammates return to the office. We greatly value the feedback of our teammates, and we’re actively working to raise awareness of the numerous resources available to our teammates for important benefits like child care, parking assistance, commuter benefits and more.”