Starting in January, the Nike employees at its Oregon headquarters will be required to work in the office four days a week, The Oregonian/OregonLive has reported. Nike’s current policy requires workers to be in the office three days a week. “We’ve seen the power and energy that comes from working together in person, and we aim to create more of that,” the company explained in a statement. Nike is one of Oregon’s largest employers, with 11,400 workers at its 4,000-sqm location near Beaverton. After the coronavirus pandemic, the company originally planned a limited return to its offices in September 2021, but this was delayed due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, delayed once again in December 2021. The three-day in-office policy became effective in May 2022.

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