Key Takeaways Instagram will require employees to return to the office five days a week starting February 2.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote in a leaked memo that he believes employees are “more creative and collaborative” in person.
Instagram’s return-to-office mandate doesn’t apply to other divisions of Meta, like Facebook and WhatsApp.
Instagram is requiring its U.S.-based employees to return to the office five days a week starting February 2, in one of the strictest return-to-office policies at big tech companies. Meanwhile, its parent company, Meta, is maintaining a hybrid work schedule for other divisions.
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri told staff in an internal memo leaked on Monday that Instagram will expect U.S. employees with assigned desks to be in the office full-time starting February 2. Mosseri wrote that there are exceptions. For example, Instagram does not expect New York employees to come back full-time until the company has alleviated space limitations.
“2026 is going to be tough, as was 2025, but I’m excited about our momentum and our plans for next year,” Mosseri wrote in the memo.
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A Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that this five-day requirement applies only to Instagram and not to other Meta divisions like Facebook and WhatsApp, which remain on a three-day-in-office hybrid policy introduced in September 2023. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed Meta’s hybrid schedule in January at a company-wide all-hands meeting.
Instagram is now one of the most prominent tech companies to mandate a fully in-person office schedule while its parent company, Meta, maintains a more flexible standard.
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram. Credit: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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