Starbucks will increase its return to work mandate for corporate employees to four days a week — even as CEO Brian Niccol is allowed to work remotely from his California home after getting hired last year.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is doubling down on his push to return staff to the office. On Monday, CEO Brian Niccol said in a note to staff that its support partners and people man

However, he also offered a way out. Niccol noted that Starbucks corporate workers have the option for a "one-time voluntary exit program with a cash payment" of undisclosed value if they wish to leave the company in response to the return-to-office mandate.