Are 'Core Weeks' a Hybrid Work Solution for Your Organization?

Bottom Line Upfront: Core Weeks appear to be a worthy hybrid model for Operators running organizations with remote workers across geographic boundaries.

Steve Kahle
October 19, 2023

Interesting ‘Core Weeks’ excerpts used by J.M. Smucker Co as posted by The Hustle.

Per The Wall Street Journal, the J.M. Smucker Co. has introduced a new return-to-office plan that’s actually working, known as “core” weeks.
Smucker’s headquarters is based in Orrville, Ohio, but its new RTO policy asks employees to be on-site only 25% of the time (about six days/month), during 22 core weeks each year.
Employees can live anywhere in the US if they can make it into the office for core weeks.

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Let’s go Operators!

Steve

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