Four weeks before Mayor Keith Wilson took office Jan. 1, he got a taste of the kind of backlash the city of Portland’s top executive often experiences. On a call with over 1,000 city employees Dec. 4, Wilson said he wanted them to come in to the office at least four days a week. Since the pandemic, the city of Portland has allowed its office employees to work partly remote, with a 20-hour in-office requirement per week instituted by Mayor Ted Wheeler in January 2024.