Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, once a vocal advocate of working from home, is cracking down on his staff and threatening to penalize them if they fail to return to the office.

Meta released details about its soon-to-be-implemented return-to-office mandate last week, according to Insider. The memo, which human relations executive Lori Goler penned, addressed the company's "In-Person Time Policy" and made it mandatory for employees to be in the office three days a week. The rule is a significant change from the social media company's policies in 2021.

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Staffers who fail to comply with Meta's rules could face "termination” or have their lack of office attendance affect their performance reviews, Goler wrote.

Exempt staffers included those who were hired in fully remote positions or had previously been approved. Staffers who worked 18 months or less at the company could not work from home full-time.

The company will also cap the number of hours that fully remote employees can spend in the office. They will only be allowed to work there for four days out of two months unless there is a "clear business reason," such as a meeting.

The hours and attendance will be tracked through data retrieved from employee IDs. “We’re committed to distributed work, and we’re confident people can make a meaningful impact both from the office and at home,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. “We’re also committed to continuously refining our model to foster the collaboration, relationships, and culture necessary for employees to do their best work."

The company extended its remote-work policy in June 2021 during the pandemic as a courtesy. "Good work can get done anywhere," Zuckerberg said to his staff. "And I’m even more optimistic that remote work at scale is possible, particularly as remote video presence and virtual reality continue to improve.”

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The company was also investing heavily into the metaverse, the tools it claims could be used to improve remote work conditions significantly.

The position slowly shifted when Zuckerberg released an internal analysis in March alleging that engineers who worked in person to "get more done." He announced in June that the company would require three days of the week in office.