‘We’re all adults here’ | Starbucks CEO hails 'power' of in-office work - but won't up his company's RTO mandate

New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has become the latest executive to weigh in on the ongoing return-to-office (RTO) debate, suggesting that being in-office is the best place for most workers to be.

Speaking to his collective staff for the first time since stepping into the role earlier in September, Niccol discussed the “power of having everybody together,” according to a transcript of the address shared by Bloomberg News.

But in the speech to Starbucks employees on September 10, he did not go as far to introduce a new RTO mandate for the company.

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While Niccol did not directly mention RTO, the executive did reveal his belief that for the majority of employees, working from the office is the most effective place to do their work.