Presence, with feeling: a time-limited gift of flexibility for the tournament weeks
Colleagues, joyful news. For two years the Office of the CEO has held that presence is the foundation of belonging, and that the five-day return was not a policy but a promise. All 113,717 of you across 41 markets honored it. We are grateful, and we remain unmoved.
That is why, for a defined window during the 2026 tournament, we are proud to extend something rare: flexibility, on purpose, for a reason we can all cheer for. On the biggest match days, colleagues may request to work from home. We note with pride that two of the loudest champions of the return-to-office movement, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are temporarily allowing employees to request remote work on match days during the 2026 tournament, and we are honored to stand in such company.
We want to be precise about what this is. It is a single, supervised exception, time-stamped and self-expiring, offered freely and reclaimed automatically. The mandate did not bend. It chose, for a few extraordinary afternoons, to love you out loud.
Requests are submitted through SYNC, our HR and IT assistant, and reviewed for alignment with Presence Timeline, the attendance system that keeps your belonging current. When the final whistle of the window blows, the building will be waiting, and so will we.
Enjoy the matches. Your desk kept your seat warm the entire time.
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