Sept 26 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies ( DELL ) said on

Thursday that their global sales team employees who are able to

work from the company offices must do so five days a week,

starting Sept. 30, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

The change is to leverage collaborative environment and

"grow skills", which requires the team to be in the office, the

memo said. "Working remotely should be the exception rather than

the routine," it added.

The field representatives from the sales team are

expected to spend five days a week with customers and partners,

or in the office. The team was previously required to work from

the office for three days per week, according to the memo.

"Remote sales team members who can't go into a Dell office

should continue to work remotely," Dell added.

The company also mentioned that it will provide more

information related to remote workers in the coming weeks.

Since the pandemic, many companies have permitted employees

to work from home. Some tech firms, however, now want employees

to return to the office for two to three days each week.

Last week, e-commerce giant Amazon.com ( AMZN ) said it

would require employees to return to working at company offices

five days per week, beginning next year, toughening a prior

three-day mandate.