Airbus backs down on return-to-office after protests, sources say

Airbus has backed down on its plan to enforce a return-to-office policy after facing protests from unions and workers in its Spanish facilities. The decision comes after on-off strikes by Spanish employees since July and protests in France and Britain over plans to force white-collar staff to work on-site four days a week. Airbus managers have been instructed to allow staff to maintain their existing arrangement of working from home an average of two days a week, effectively suspending the bid to introduce a mandatory limit of one day.

An Airbus spokesperson stated that the company's objective remains the same, aiming for increased on-site presence to ensure better collective efficiency, knowledge transfer, and faster decision-making. However, the company has decided to implement this transition more gradually based on employee feedback. The retreat on office-working deals a blow to CEO Guillaume Faury's campaign to draw staff back to the office as the aerospace industry seeks to meet record demand and prepare new products with thousands of relatively new staff.

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