WPP CEO Mark Read dreams of ‘getting closer’ to the U.S. amid workforce anger over RTO mandate
Despite expansion plans, 2025 could prove tricky for WPP's Read as he rolls out an unpopular RTO mandate.
Thousands sign petition calling on ad titan WPP to rethink its 4-day RTO demand
The petition's creators told BI that their goal was to "clearly demonstrate how deeply unpopular this mandate from our CEO, ...
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Global ad giant WPP issues sweeping RTO mandate for its 114,000 staff, calling them back to office 4 days a week
regardless of which agency within WPP they belong to, excluding those with existing remote work contracts in place. Read added, however, that a tighter RTO mandate "doesn’t mean we’re going back to ...
‘It has left us reeling’ – WPP managers on enforcing the 4-day return-to-office mandate
Chief executive Mark Read said the move would protect the company’s culture. A 15,000-strong petition suggests staff feel ...
The Debate: Will RTO mandates help or harm businesses?
RTO mandates are riling up employees, but are businesses right to clamp down on working from home? Our writers hash it out in ...
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WPP employees push back on return-to-office policy with petition
The petition reads: "WPP, the world-renowned advertising company, has recently implemented a policy of making employees return to the office for at least four days a week. This mandate comes from CEO ...
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WPP issues RTO mandate for more than 100,000 employees, FT reports
Advertising group WPP (WPP) has issued a return to office mandate for its more than 100,000 employees, The Financial Times’ Daniel Thomas reports. In a memo sent to staff on Tuesday, CEO Mark ...
'A Step Backwards in Employee Support': WPP Staff Fire Back On Four-Day Office Return Mandate
A Change.org petition was set up by current WPP employees, who are disgruntled with the company's recent RTO mandate.
Plenty of agencies are tightening hybrid policies, but few match WPP’s 4 office days
A straw poll of ad shops for our Agency Advice series shows many ad execs sympathetic to Mark Read’s return-to-office ...
World's biggest advertising company WPP suffers staff backlash over four-day office mandate
Thousands have signed a petition imploring the world's biggest advertising agency to revoke a new rule forcing employees to ...
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WPP CEO Mark Read dreams of ‘getting closer’ to the U.S. amid workforce anger over RTO mandate
An internal message board for WPP employees on the Fishbowl platform received a barrage of posts and comments criticizing the RTO mandate and the CEO directly. One post seen by Fortune stated that ...