WPP issues global four days per week in office mandate

posted on Jan. 08, 2025 at 11:21 amJan 8, 2025

The new change to the global in-office working day guidelines will apply across all WPP operations.

WPP CEO Mark Read.

WPP has announced a new policy requiring staff to work in the office at least four days a week.

The changes were confirmed by chief executive Mark Read in an email sent to staff on 7 January and will take effect in April.

The updated global guidelines will apply across WPP’s operations in dozens of markets.

Employees will also be required to work from the office on at least two Fridays per month, with flexibility to choose which other days they work remotely.

In the memo sent to WPP staff, chief executive Mark Read wrote: “Spending more time together is important to all of us, and we ar

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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.