Citigroup, HSBC and Barclays are the latest banking titans mandating that more employees come into the office five days a week, raising the question of whether a full-time, return-to-office policy is trending.

However, before jumping to this conclusion, Rob Sadow, co-founder and CEO of hybrid work productivity tool company Scoop Technologies, suggests reviewing his company's latest Flex Index research, which shows that full-time, return-to-office mandates have declined across industries by 10 to nearly 30 percentage points over the past year.