Company mandates all staff to work on-site five days a week under Rogers' policy change
Rogers Communications Inc., a leading telecom company (TSX: RCI.B), is among several major Canadian firms requiring their employees to return to the office multiple days a week in 2025. This move is part of a broader return-to-office (RTO) trend, particularly in the financial and telecom sectors.
Zac Carreiro, a spokesperson for Rogers Communications, confirmed that the company is asking its corporate employees to return to the office. Initially, the requirement is for four days a week, with a phased approach to ensure workers and their families have time to adjust. By February, corporate employees will be required to be in the office five days a week.
The phased approach aims to address concerns about office space availability and employee apprehension about desk shortages as many return simultaneously. Other companies, such as Canaccord Genuity, TD Bank, RBC, Scotiabank, and BMO, are adopting similar strategies.
This push toward in-office work is driven by the need to rebuild in-person interactions, which are viewed as essential for relationship-driven industries, corporate culture, and achieving business objectives. Companies argue that these measures improve productivity and company culture after pandemic years of remote work.
For example, RBC stated that being "relationship-driven" means in-person human connections are core to their culture and future goals. Similarly, TD Bank emphasized that working together in person promotes collaboration, decision-making, learning, and career development.
However, this move coincides with the current labour market conditions favouring employers. With greater leverage, companies are imposing RTO mandates more firmly than in earlier pandemic phases when remote work was more negotiable. Employment lawyers note that workers who resist returning to the office may face pressure to find other jobs, as companies take a tougher stance.
Despite these challenges, companies are managing the transition by phasing returns or evolving office attendance as space permits. This report was published by The Canadian Press on July 25, 2025. Rogers Communications Inc. has assured its front-line and production teams that there will be no changes to their current arrangements.
By the fall, RBC, Scotiabank, and BMO will have mandated at least four days in the office, with TD Bank following suit. Canaccord Genuity is reportedly moving to a five-day-a-week in-office requirement. The return to office for Rogers' corporate employees will start in October.
In the Canadian corporate landscape of 2025, Rogers Communications Inc. will implement a phased return-to-office (RTO) policy, requiring corporate employees to work four days a week in the office, with a gradual increase to five days by February. Likewise, financial institutions such as RBC, Scotiabank, BMO, TD Bank, and Canaccord Genuity are adopting similar RTO strategies, driven by the need to rebuild in-person interactions and foster relationship-driven business careers.
