Despite varying approaches, multiple large law firm leaders entered the year saying they’d grown comfortable with their in-office work setups. And now, to a “startling” extent, some industry observers say, many of their lawyers agree.

Some Big Law consultants and recent survey data suggest lawyers are accepting their employers’ approaches to attendance, pointing to high degrees of flexibility and “light-touch” enforcement, with fears of widespread five-day in-office mandates unfulfilled—at least so far.