Just as employers are pulling in the reins and summoningemployees back to the office to work, those workers are busysearching for jobs that provide flexible work.

HR Dive reports, in fact, that data from hiring lab Indeed show that searchesfor “remote,” “telecommute” and “work from home” are up a whopping32 percent year over year, even as employers “want more controlover employees' daily work and better collaboration in theoffice.”

IBM, Best Buy, The Wall StreetJournal, Reddit and Aetna have all dialed back on workers'out-of-the-office arrangements, which has not made workershappy—and it could have repercussions on recruiting and retentionfor some time to come.

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