Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram is requiring all of its US-based workers to return to the workplace 5 days per week, an organization spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
The five-day requirement takes impact on Feb. 2 and applies to workers who’re assigned a desk at a US workplace, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri mentioned in an inside memo titled “constructing a profitable tradition in 2026” that circulated Monday and was first obtained by the Sources publication.
“I imagine that we’re extra artistic and collaborative after we are collectively in-person,” Mosseri wrote, in keeping with a replica of the memo obtained by Enterprise Insider. “I felt this pre-COVID and I really feel it any time I’m going to our New York workplace the place the in-person tradition is powerful.”
The plan doesn’t apply to distant employees at Instagram or to workers at different Meta-owned apps like Fb or WhatsApp. Since September 2023, Meta has required workers to be within the workplace at the least three days per week.
Instagram workers will “nonetheless have the flexibleness to work at home” on an as-needed foundation, in keeping with Mosseri, who urged employees to “use your greatest judgment in determining the best way to adapt to this schedule.”
As a part of the return-to-office push, Mosseri mentioned he would take steps to streamline Instagram’s operations, together with canceling non-essential recurring conferences each six months.
“I need most of your time centered on constructing nice merchandise, not making ready for conferences,” Mosseri wrote.
In New York, Mosseri added that Instagram would first deal with “house constraints” at workplace websites earlier than implementing the mandate.
The Sources publication was first to report on the memo. A Meta spokesperson confirmed its authenticity however declined additional remark.
Elsewhere, Amazon carried out a five-day workplace requirement for its employees in January, whereas Microsoft and Uber just lately shifted to a hybrid three day per week schedule.
