Dell Technologies expects all employees living within an hour of its offices to be at their desks five days a week beginning March 3.

CEO Michael Dell has asked the company's 100,000 employees to return to office full time by next month. What's behind the new RTO policy?

Dell is ending its remote and hybrid worker policy as staff living within an hour of a Dell office are expected to return to office five days a week.

Technically, Dell had already required its sales, manufacturing, and lab engineers to return to office. The email cites the “new speed, energy, and passion” from those teams as a reason for implementing it company-wide globally. For previously remote workers who don’t live near an office, Dell says they can continue to work remotely.

Employees within an hour of any Dell office are required to be in person, CEO Michael Dell told his workforce in an email.

Round Rock-based Dell Technologies is requiring workers to go back to the office.