Return to office tracker

Fidelity Investments return to office policy5 days a week.

Since September 2026, most Fidelity employees in Boston, Merrimack (N.H.), Kentucky and New Mexico, plus people managers at VP level and above at all sites, must be in the office five days a week. This ended the two-weeks-out-of-four hybrid schedule.

Days in the office

Policy
Full-time in the office
In effect since
September 2026
Announced
April 29, 2026
Industry
Finance
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Checked
Confirmed October 2026

What the policy says.

  • Covers about 6,000 Boston employees, the Merrimack, N.H. campus, and the Covington, Ky. and Albuquerque, N.M. sites.
  • People managers at VP level and above go full-time on site at all locations.
  • Customer-support phone roles are excluded and keep a one-week-in-four office schedule.
  • Smithfield, R.I. and North Carolina sites are not yet covered because they lack space; capacity will be added first.
  • Boston's five-day schedule began the week of Sept 8, 2026, as the new Commonwealth Pier campus opened.
  • Fidelity's stated reason: being together creates more chances for connection, mentorship and learning.

How Fidelity Investments's policy changed since 2020.

  1. March 2020

    Office staff go remote

  2. May 2021

    No firm reopening plan; limited voluntary re-entry

  3. 2022

    Staff rotated into offices one full week out of every four

  4. 2023

    One-week-in-four expanded to most employees

  5. February 2024

    Announced two full weeks out of every four on site from September 2024

  6. September 2024

    Two-weeks-in-four schedule takes effect

  7. April 29, 2026

    Announced five days a week for Boston, N.H., Ky., N.M. and VP+ managers from September

  8. September 8, 2026

    Full-time in-office schedule begins in Boston

Sources and how sure we are.

ConfirmedFrom the company, or reported the same way by several major outlets.Fidelity is private, so the details come from news reports quoting a company notice and spokesperson, and headcounts vary by outlet. Staff at sites not yet covered (Smithfield R.I., North Carolina) presumably stay on two weeks in four until space is added; no timeline has been given.

  1. 1.Fidelity to require Boston employees to come into the office five days a week The Boston Globe, April 29, 2026
  2. 2.Fidelity brings its Boston workers back to the office 5 days a week Boston Business Journal via NBC Boston, April 29, 2026
  3. 3.NH Fidelity employees returning to Merrimack campus full time New Hampshire Business Review, April 29, 2026
  4. 4.Fidelity requiring full-time office return for thousands of US workers InvestmentNews, May 1, 2026
  5. 5.One of Boston's biggest employers returns to the office full time this week — with a new HQ WBUR, September 8, 2026
  6. 6.Fidelity and Deutsche Bank tighten return to office mandates The Boston Globe, February 16, 2024
  7. 7.As companies inch closer to returning to the office, flexibility is key InvestmentNews, May 7, 2021

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Questions

Does Fidelity Investments require employees to return to the office?

Yes. Since September 2026, most Fidelity employees in Boston, Merrimack (N.H.), Kentucky and New Mexico, plus people managers at VP level and above at all sites, must be in the office five days a week. This ended the two-weeks-out-of-four hybrid schedule.

How many days a week does Fidelity Investments require in the office?

5 days a week in the office, as of October 2026.

When did Fidelity Investments's current office policy start?

It took effect in September 2026, after being announced in April 2026.

What was the latest change to Fidelity Investments's office policy?

September 2026: Full-time in-office schedule begins in Boston