Firms across the U.S. are still figuring out what works best for them and their employees relating to returning to the office after the worldwide pandemic led to many the world over working from home for lengthy periods.

On the one side there’s those like Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla, which is attempting to bring back employees 40 hours every week, and others like Slack and Airbnb that allow staff to be fully distant. In between, there are a lot of similar to Apple and Peloton which have opted for a hybrid model and plenty of those implemented those policies following Labor Day.

Here’s what eight beauty firms needed to say when Beauty Inc asked them to comment on their plans for office returns (store and lab staff have different policies).

BeautyHealth
BeautyHealth president and chief executive officer Andrew Stanleick said that the corporate, best known for its Hydrafacial, operates a totally hybrid work environment, benefiting each the corporate and employees, who now have rather more flexibility.

“We’re asset light so on the financial side it helps,” he told Beauty Inc during an interview. “We’re offering an enormous degree of flexibility. We haven’t been too prescriptive, but we’ve created a governance where employees come together for moments be it key meetings throughout the month or creative moments. But except for that we give them the flexibleness to live wherever they wish to. It implies that we’ve got teams spread all around the country and we meet in our hub of offices across the country for those moment to get together.

“There’s moments like today after I’ve been doing deep considering in preparation [for our investor’s day] when I believed it’s more efficient for me to work from home,” he continued. “But then I’m really excited to enter the office this afternoon to fulfill our teams and have a creative session brainstorming our future so our hybrid work approach reflects that flexibility for workers.”

Coty
“We consider that a more flexible philosophy of distant working will give everyone the liberty to decide on what works for his or her individual circumstances and empower them to at all times perform at their best,” a Coty spokeswoman told Beauty Inc.

To that end, it launched a hybrid workplace flexibility model, including a 50/50 goal, meaning that every one employees are in a position to do business from home as much as a maximum of fifty percent of their contractual working time.

“We’re continuously reassessing the needs of our employees to make sure that our approach is acceptable.  We’re collecting employees’ feedback to change and evolve the approach as needed,” added the spokeswoman.

E.l.f.
“We’ll proceed to have an in-office presence as we consider in-person collaboration drives higher business results. We’ve balanced this approach with increased flexibility through a hybrid model, returning to the office three days per week,” said Scott Milsten, chief people officer at E.l.f. Beauty.

As a part of its return to the office, the listed beauty company made plenty of changes that it believes will foster increased work/life balance and enhance the in-office experience. “Our recent flexible time-off program allows for unlimited break day. All E.l.f. Beauty offices now close at 2 p.m. local time on Fridays year-round, and we’ve added more time to recharge,” said Milsten. “On long holiday weekends, we close our offices on the Friday before making them four-day weekends, and we’re closed for the week of Thanksgiving, so teammates can unwind and spend time with family. Finally, for those teammates who do have an in-office presence, our enhanced advantages include catered lunches every Thursday, regular joyful hours, and a recent commuter allowance.” 

L’Oréal
L’Oréal USA implemented a full return to its offices across the country in October 2021, with a everlasting hybrid work policy that enables employees to work remotely as much as two days per week. 

Sephora
A spokeswoman for Sephora, a part of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, declined to comment on its plans for return to office.

Shiseido
Head office employees on the U.S. arm of the Japanese beauty giant, whose brands include Nars, Drunk Elephant and Tory Burch Beauty, will likely be required to be within the office three days every week, including Tuesday and Wednesday. The third day is as much as the person.

The Estée Lauder Cos.
After two years of distant working, the Estée Lauder Cos. officially reopened its U.S. corporate and brand offices on April 4. 

“We proceed to be guided by ELC’s global principles of approaching reopenings worldwide in a conservative, thoughtful and responsible way that aligns with local government guidelines and prioritizes the health and wellbeing of our employees,” it said in a memo to staff on the time. “Not only will April 4th mark in-person reunions for therefore lots of our teams, it’s going to mark the start of our future ways of working together. As we’ve previously shared, ELC will implement a hybrid work model for the overwhelming majority of our corporate employees, where employees divide their time between working from ELC’s offices (on average 3 days per week) and remotely. Leaders will work with their individual teams to handle the particular hybrid arrangements that work best for his or her teams and business needs. This recent way of working will allow us to balance the thrill of working together in person, while enabling greater work/life harmonization.” 

Ulta
Ulta Beauty’s corporate team returned to the office in May, while its store and distribution center teams never transitioned to virtual work. In its offices, its model is centered around so-called FlexWork, which involves life most prominently during its monthly corporate team weeks when the whole corporate team is in office during a delegated week per thirty days (Tuesday-Thursday). Beyond this designated time, corporate associates are required to come back into the office three additional days per thirty days based on the particular needs of their team. “Corporate team weeks fuel relationship-building, cross-functional collaboration, and importantly, represent a possibility to take a position in our culture,” said an Ulta Beauty spokeswoman. Corporate associates might also select one month annually to work fully distant.