Amazon CEO Andy Jassy ordered employees back to the office five days a week.Nickilford/Getty, MarkPiovesan/Getty, Maria Ivanova/Getty, Ljupco/Getty, Tyler Le/BIDespite return-to-office mandates at Amazon and Dell, the tech world still appears to favor hybrid work.Research from Flex Index suggests that working from home is thriving in the tech industry.Experts say hybrid work boosts recruitment and retention and could be crucial amid tech talent wars.Some tech workers are being dragged back to the office — whether they like it or not.Unpopular return-to-office mandates at Amazon and Dell have made headlines in recent months as workers protest the strict new rules.But while it may seem like workers are losing the battle for remote work, research suggests that hybrid work is still the norm in the tech industry.A study from Flex Index, a platform that tracks flexible work policies, found most tech companies still had hybrid or remote policies as of this summer.The research, which analyzed the policies of 2,670 companies, found that 79% of tech companies in June were "fully flexible," meaning they didn't mandate office time from employees — a slight increase from the same survey conducted in June 2023.A mere 3% of tech firms required employees to be back in the office full time, compared with the 18% of companies that were "structured hybrid," meaning some office days are mandated.The picture was slightly different at the largest tech companies.