San Francisco: Tech giant Google said it is ending the voluntary work-from-home period and will begin bringing employees back to the office from the week of April 4 in the Bay Area and several other US locations. “The two years have been a long and challenging one for most of our people to start working from home,” wrote John Casey, Google’s vice president of global benefits, in an email to employees seen by CNBC.
Casey said, “But the advances in prevention and treatment, the steady decline in cases that we continue to see and the improved safety measures we have implemented at our Bay Area sites, mean that we can officially begin the hybrid work week.” can do.”
The report said Casey said other offices in the US and elsewhere would begin to return depending on local circumstances.
Googla’s latest guidance comes a week after CNBC reported that the company is easing some of its COVID-19 mandates in preparation for a comeback.
At the time, the company had not set a new date for the official withdrawal as it last extended the January 10 deadline amid the Omicron boom.
Google said it expects most employees to come to the office three days a week and work from home for two days.
Casey’s note included previously stated guidelines such as dropping the mask mandate for fully vaccinated staff and testing mandates as well as the reopening of facilities such as cafes, restaurants, massages and shuttles.
Employees entering a physical workspace must still either be fully vaccinated or have an approved accommodation.
Casey wrote that the company would test new ways of working and ‘gather insights, data and feedback’.
first published:March 3, 2022, 2:45 pm
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