According to Facebook, up to 10% of the workforce can return to the office on May 10 if COVID-19 numbers continue to decline in Menlo Park, California, where its headquarters are located. Jeff Chiu / AP hide subtitles
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According to Facebook, up to 10% of the workforce can return to the office on May 10 if COVID-19 numbers continue to decline in Menlo Park, California, where its headquarters are located.
Jeff Chiu / AP
Facebook, Microsoft and Uber have announced plans to reopen limited offices as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to slow.
Microsoft and Uber say their headquarters in Redmond, Washington and San Francisco will welcome employees on March 29th.
The software giant has already started moving some additional employees to offices around the world at its 21 locations, and reopening offices in the Northwest through a hybrid approach is the next step, the company said in a statement.
“Our goal is to give employees more flexibility so that employees can work where they feel most productive and comfortable, and to encourage employees to work from home because of the virus and its associated Variants are still affected, “Microsoft said in one blog entry.
Uber is putting in place a back-to-the-office plan from September 13 through next Monday, the company said in a statement it emailed that it was voluntary. In line with local guidelines, the ride sharing agency said that only up to 20% of employees can choose to work from the office.
Meanwhile, Facebook said that up to 10% of the workforce could return to the office through May 10, if COVID-19 numbers continue to drop in Menlo Park, California, where their headquarters are located, Sunnyvale may open a little later – on May 17th and 24th. And the San Francisco office is slated to open its doors on June 7th.
All three companies intend to adhere to all local health protocols and safety guidelines developed in consultation with experts.
Uber added, “Employees returning to work are required to complete virtual training, sign a COVID-19 Precautions and Acknowledgments form, and do a daily health screening (including temperature check) at home to prepare for return to qualify.”
An expansion study from Microsoft on the impact of enforced work-from-home policies due to the coronavirus pandemic found that “flexible work stays here” and that employers looking to keep talented employees should embrace the idea of hybrid work even after the current health crisis.
The report entitled “The next big disruption is hybrid labor – are we ready?“Advises executives to accept this” The past year has fundamentally changed the way we work.
Among his findings:
When surveyed, 73% of employees said they wanted flexible remote options. The study also found that remote job postings on LinkedIn increased more than five times during the pandemic.
But people also work a lot more and have a hard time, the report says. Globally, people spend more than twice as much time in meetings and “more than 40 billion emails were delivered in February of this year than last year”. People also cry a lot more with colleagues. One is six reports that cried with a colleague over the past year.
