Some Amazon employees have already changed their status on LinkedIn to #opentowork as they openly search for more flexible jobs.

In some ways, Amazon was a first-mover in regard to its three-day mandate last year. Companies often follow each other when it comes to organizational decisions like return-to-office, said Viviane Lopuch, a professor at Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics.

In the hyper-competitive world of Big Tech, other tech giants might follow suit rather than risk getting bad-mouthed by rivals to their clients.