Apple delays office return by at least a month as COVID surges
3 years, 8 months ago

Apple delays office return by at least a month as COVID surges

LA Times  

Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook, has pushed back a planned return to offices for its employees as the U.S. sees a surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant. Apple Inc., responding to a surge in COVID cases, is pushing back its office reopening by at least a month to October at the earliest and recommending that workers at its retail stores wear masks, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple will give employees at least a month’s warning before mandating a return to offices, the people said, asking for anonymity to discuss internal policy. Separately, Apple plans to start testing a hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for retail employees, acknowledging that consumers may continue to prefer online shopping even as the pandemic eases.

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Amazon Delays Return-to-Office Mandate Due to Insufficient Workspace
3 months, 1 week ago

Amazon Delays Return-to-Office Mandate Due to Insufficient Workspace

Deccan Chronicle  

In a surprising turn of events, Amazon has decided to delay its return-to-office mandate for a significant portion of its workforce in the United States. The Reason Behind the Delay In September, Amazon made headlines when it announced plans to bring employees back to the office at least three days a week, starting on January 2, 2024. Amazon’s return-to-office policy, …

Return to office policies: What makes them work?
4 months, 1 week ago

Return to office policies: What makes them work?

Salon  

When COVID-19 struck, millions quickly adapted to remote work, ditching the commute for home offices and discovering perks like flexibility, time saved and a better work-life balance. Related The shift to working from home has increased the number of hours Americans work "According to a Flex Index study, 79% of tech companies in North America allow employees to decide when …

Amazon boss tells staff they must return to office five days a week
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon boss tells staff they must return to office five days a week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon has said all its …

Amazon's New Directive: Employees To Work In Office 5 Days A Week From 2025
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon's New Directive: Employees To Work In Office 5 Days A Week From 2025

ABP News  

Starting next year, Amazon.com will implement a new policy requiring employees to work in company offices five days a week, a shift from the previously mandated three-day in-office schedule. Moreover, employees who frequently failed to adhere to the existing three-day office mandate were told they were "voluntarily resigning" and were subsequently locked out of Amazon's systems. Last May, employees at …

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts

The Hindu  

Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company's first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28 that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according to reports to regional authorities. …

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts

Associated Press  

Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28 that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according to reports to regional authorities. …

Apple enforces 3-day office rule; defiance risks termination
2 years ago

Apple enforces 3-day office rule; defiance risks termination

Hindustan Times  

Over 500 companies, including Google, Amazon, Meta, and Twitter, have laid off over 1.5 lakh workers this year alone, creating a commotion in the tech sector. However, in order to improve efficiency, the iPhone maker is said to have tightened employee working conditions by mandating them to work from office at least 3 days a week, or face termination. “Apple …

Apple threatens to fire employees who do not work from office 3 days a week: 5 things to know
2 years ago

Apple threatens to fire employees who do not work from office 3 days a week: 5 things to know

India Today  

The tech job market is highly unstable right now with more and more companies announcing large-scale layoffs. Latest reports surfacing online suggest that Apple has asked its employees to return to work from offices for at least three days a week and those who aren't doing so are getting some serious warnings. Here are five things that you need to …

Amazon asks corporate staff to be in offices 3 days a week
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon asks corporate staff to be in offices 3 days a week

The Hindu  

Amazon will require its corporate employees to return to the office at least three days a week. Last month, Starbucks told its corporate employees to plan to work from the office three days a week. And Walmart said this week that it would require its tech teams to plan regular in-office work days. “I’m also optimistic that this shift will …

Amazon asks corporate staff to be in offices 3 days a week
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon asks corporate staff to be in offices 3 days a week

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Amazon will require its corporate employees to return to the office at least three days a week. Last month, Starbucks told its corporate employees to plan to work from the office three days a week. And Walmart said this week that it would require its tech teams to plan regular in-office work days. He said there will …

Apple Return-To-Office Order: Employees Hit Back; Says Firm Risking Diversity, Staff Wellbeing
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple Return-To-Office Order: Employees Hit Back; Says Firm Risking Diversity, Staff Wellbeing

News 18  

After Apple has asked its employees to join the office physically at least thrice a week, the employees of the tech giant are miffed at the direction. “We believe that Apple should encourage, not prohibit, flexible work to build a more diverse and successful company where we can feel comfortable to ‘think different’ together,”the Apple petition said, according to a …

Apple’s 3-day Work from Office policy upsets section of ‘employees’: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple’s 3-day Work from Office policy upsets section of ‘employees’: Report

Hindustan Times  

The decision of Apple Inc. to call its employees to office at least three days a week has triggered protests where some sections of Apple employees have started a petition in demand of a more flexible working environment, The Wall Street Journal reported. They have launched the petition, being vexed by Apple's decision of mandating a general return to office …

Apple employees protest after CEO Tim Cook orders to come to office 3 days a week
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple employees protest after CEO Tim Cook orders to come to office 3 days a week

India Today  

As COVID-19 cases have dropped significantly, companies are asking their employees to return to office at least for a few days a week. CEO Tim Cook recently asked employees to work from office at least 3 days a week starting next month. “For the past 2+ years, Apple’s formerly office-based employees have performed exceptional work, flexibly, both outside and inside …

Apple employees launch petition after CEO said workers have to return to office three days a week
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple employees launch petition after CEO said workers have to return to office three days a week

Daily Mail  

The petition drive has so far collected 232 signatures from various anonymous staffers at the California-based tech giant, and puts pressure on the company The petition includes a list of demands including a plan that allows employees to 'work directly with our immediate manager to figure out' work arrangements The notice ruffled some feathers of staff at the Silicon Valley …

Work from Home to End for Apple Employees? Know How iPhone Maker Plans to Open Offices
2 years, 7 months ago

Work from Home to End for Apple Employees? Know How iPhone Maker Plans to Open Offices

News 18  

Tech major Apple Inc has asked its employees to come back to office and work from their designated deputations as Covid-19 wanes, with businesses slowly moving towards the hybrid work mode. As per the report by Bloomberg, Apple requires its employees to to work from office on Tuesdays, Thursdays, as well as a regular, separate third day. Since June last …

Apple employees to travel office for only 3 days from Sep 5: Know more
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple employees to travel office for only 3 days from Sep 5: Know more

India TV News  

Apple employees to travel office for only 3 days from Sep 5: Know more Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an internal email sent to employees that they will come to the office three days each week with Tuesday and Thursday as set days across the company. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an internal email sent to employees that …

Apple delays plan for Bay Area workers to be in office three days a week
2 years, 10 months ago

Apple delays plan for Bay Area workers to be in office three days a week

CNN  

CNN — Apple notified corporate employees that it is delaying a requirement for most staffers to be in the office at least three days a week amid an increase in Covid-19 cases in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the company is based. In a message to staffers obtained by CNN Business, Apple’s pandemic response team cited Covid-19 conditions as …

Apple employees demand more flexibility in return-to-work plan
2 years, 11 months ago

Apple employees demand more flexibility in return-to-work plan

CNN  

CNN Business — Some Apple employees are pushing back on the tech giant’s return to office pilot program, which will soon require most of its corporate workers to be in the office at least three days per week. “How can we understand what problems of remote work need solving in our products, if we don’t live it?” reads an open …

Apple employees threaten to quit because Tim Cook told them to come back to office
2 years, 11 months ago

Apple employees threaten to quit because Tim Cook told them to come back to office

India Today  

Apple is asking its employees to return to the office from April 11, but most employees do not seem very keen to move to a hybrid work setup. The New York Post reported about an Apple employee taking on a message board called Blind to state that he doesn’t care about returning to office ever. At the time of discussing …

Apple is increasing benefits for its retail employees
3 years, 1 month ago

Apple is increasing benefits for its retail employees

Al Jazeera  

Apple workers will receive more annual vacation days, beginning at three years on the job rather than five. Apple Inc. plans to significantly increase its benefits for U.S. retail store workers as it grapples with a tightening labor market and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The iPhone maker plans to adopt the following …

Apple Wants To Call Employees Back To Office From This Date
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple Wants To Call Employees Back To Office From This Date

ABP News  

New Delhi: Apple has decided to call back employees under a new hybrid plan which will come into effect from February 2022. Apple CEO Tim Cook said company employees will be required to report to the office one to two days a week for the first month. According to a report in NBC News, the Cupertino, California-based company is also …

Apple will ask unvaccinated employees going to office to get tested every day
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple will ask unvaccinated employees going to office to get tested every day

India Today  

Apple will require unvaccinated corporate employees to get tested for Covid-19 every time they want to enter an office after October 24 from when they are required to report to office. The tech giant’s retail store employees will be asked to test twice per week instead of each day they come to work, Bloomberg reported. In September, Apple told staff …

How to Prepare for Your Eventual Return to the Office
3 years, 7 months ago

How to Prepare for Your Eventual Return to the Office

Wired  

As recently as two months ago, the 5-mile drive from the heart of Washington, DC, to my home in Arlington, Virginia, consistently took less than 10 minutes door-to-door, even in the middle of rush hour. As more employers require workers to return to the office—even if it’s just a few times a week—it’s likely that all the annoying aspects of …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

The Hindu  

Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference for flexible …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference …

The workers pushing back on the return to the office
3 years, 9 months ago

The workers pushing back on the return to the office

BBC  

The workers pushing back on the return to the office Getty Images Some companies want staff back in the office for more time than employees had anticipated. Apple’s pre-pandemic policies discouraged remote work, but post-Covid-19, employees are challenging what they called “a disconnect between how the executive team thinks about remote/location-flexible work and the lived experiences of many of Apple’s …

Tim Cook asks Apple staff to return to office three days a week starting early September
3 years, 9 months ago

Tim Cook asks Apple staff to return to office three days a week starting early September

India Today  

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants some of its employees to resume office in September. In an email to his employees, Cook has asked the employees to return to the office three days a week starting early September. However, only some employees will have the option of working from home because the teams that need to work from the office will …

No full-time return to the office for more than a million UK workers
3 years, 10 months ago

No full-time return to the office for more than a million UK workers

The Independent  

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Amazon to bring workers back to offices by fall
4 years ago

Amazon to bring workers back to offices by fall

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The company had previously given its return-to-office date as …

After Months of Work From Home, Amazon to Bring Employees Back to Offices Soon
4 years ago

After Months of Work From Home, Amazon to Bring Employees Back to Offices Soon

News 18  

Amazon plans to have its employees return to the office by fall as the tech giant transitions away from the remote work it implemented for many workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company had previously given its return-to-office date as June 30, but questions remained as to whether the company would allow some of its 60,000 Seattle-area office employees …

Coronavirus outbreak: Apple joins chorus for employees to work from home
5 years ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Apple joins chorus for employees to work from home

India TV News  

Coronavirus outbreak: Apple joins chorus for employees to work from home Apple has reportedly suggested to its employees on the California campuses to work from home as an "extra precaution" eve as new coronavirus cases spread on the west coast in the US, especially the Seattle area. Apple has reportedly suggested to its employees on the California campuses to work …

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