Instagram to require employees to work five days a week in 2026 – The American Bazaar

Instagram will require employees to work five days a week, Meta confirmed on Monday. The new return-to-office policy took effect on Feb. 2, and is intended to foster a “creative and collaborative working environment,” according to a report by the Sources newsletter that cited an employee memo by Instagram chief Adam Mosseri. “I believe that we are more creative and collaborative when we are together in-person,” Mosseri wrote in the memo, which was titled “Building a Winning Culture in 2026.” “I felt this pre-COVID and I feel it any time I go to our New York office where the in-person culture is strong,” he added. READ: Meta’s Louisiana AI data center upends local community (November 25, 2025) A Meta spokesperson told CNBC that the new RTO policy only applies to Instagram and not to the company’s other family of apps, like Facebook and WhatsApp. Meta had originally instituted a return-to-work policy in 2023 when it called for its employees to work at least three days a week from office. Other tech companies have also instituted similar policies. Amazon had earlier told many employees to return to office five days a week. Other companies like Alphabet, Apple, and Microsoft have taken a
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