Instagram Wants To Build A Winning Culture In 2026 By Making Employees Come To Office 5 Days A Week

Almost all the tech giants are slowly getting serious about the work from office and latest in the line is Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram. The Meta-owned app has asked its US-based employees to join five working days a week starting from February 2, 2026. This comes as the strictest return-to-office regulations issues by any tech giant since the pandemic. According to Sources newletter, Instagram chief Addam Mosseri stated the same in an internal memo, facing that in-person collaboration is necessary for creativity and competitiveness as the app is going through heavy market pressures. The latest policy of Instagram is specifically for the Instagram employees in US offices with assigned desks. One of the Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that the mandate

affects only Instagram and will not have any effect on other platforms of Meta including WhatsApp and Facebook. All the workforce at Meta as of now follows a three day per week work from office starting from 2023.

Instagram's New Work From Office Policy

Adam Mosseri's memo titled 'Building a Winning Culture in 2026' read that teams are more creative and collaborative when we are together in-person. He said that in the New York office of Instagram, strong in-person culture has already taken root. The policy mandates full time office presence but Mosseri said that employees will have the flexibility to work from home when you need to, trusting staff to 'use your best judgement' about when remote work is necessary.Also Read: Meta Accused Of Using WhatsApp To Crush AI Rivals In Italy, Here Is All We Know So Far The New York office of Instagram will postpone the complete implementation until space constraints are solved and employees based at Meta's Menlo Park campus will relocate from MPK21 to MPK22 in late January to ensure assigned desk availability. Furthermore, Instagram is also bringing in some operational changes created to accelerate decision-making and minimise bureaucracy. Additionally, all the recurring meetings will be canceled every six months and only reinstated only if 'absolutely necessary.' Mosseri concluded his memo by accepting that 2026 is going to be a tough year but Instagram can navigate through it with boldness, craft, and creativity.