Google Employees Can Work From Home Until July 2021
4 years, 5 months ago

Google Employees Can Work From Home Until July 2021

NPR  

Google Employees Can Work From Home Until July 2021 Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images Google is letting its employees work from home for at least another year — a sign that the technology industry is expecting disruption from the coronavirus pandemic to linger for a long time. Now, CEO Sundar Pichai has told staff by email: "To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021 for roles that don't need to be in the office." Sponsor Message Google has 123,000 full-time employees and another 122,000 temporary, vendor and contract workers, according to worker organizers. When the coronavirus first hit the U.S. this year, tech companies were among the first employers to move to remote work and to cancel big events.

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Your work from home salary won’t be same as your office pay. How Google is paying
3 years, 6 months ago

Your work from home salary won’t be same as your office pay. How Google is paying

Live Mint  

Companies all over the world are reining in new changes to incorporate disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic. As virus-induced lockdown recedes in various countries, companies are tweaking the pay structures to reflect the emerging workplace scenarios - transitioning from hybrid work culture to permanent remote work. Employees have the freedom With the company's new hybrid workplace, "more employees are …

Google Adopts Hybrid Work Model That Requires Workers to Go to Office Roughly 3 Days in a Week
3 years, 8 months ago

Google Adopts Hybrid Work Model That Requires Workers to Go to Office Roughly 3 Days in a Week

News 18  

Google will move to a hybrid work week, where most Googlers spend approximately three days in the office and two days “wherever they work best”, according to a note by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. About 20 percent of Google’s workforce will continue to work remotely after its offices reopen later this year, while about 60 percent Googlers will …

Google says 20% of its workers will be remote after the pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Google says 20% of its workers will be remote after the pandemic

LA Times  

Google says it expects that about 20% of its workforce will continue to work remotely after its offices reopen this fall, while about 60% will have hybrid routines consisting of about three days in the office and two days “wherever they work best.” The remaining 20% can change their location to a different Google office. “The future of work is …

Google is saving $1 billion per year as a result of employees working from home
3 years, 8 months ago

Google is saving $1 billion per year as a result of employees working from home

LA Times  

Google is notorious for perks such as massage tables, catered cuisine and corporate retreats. Google’s employees, however, are working from home and not traveling as much on the company dime — and that’s also good for its business. During the first quarter, Google parent Alphabet Inc. saved $268 million in expenses from company promotions, travel and entertainment, compared with the …

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021
3 years, 10 months ago

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

News 18  

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021 Last Updated: July 28, 2020, 00:47 IST Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic's potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world's most trusted internet search engine. …

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021
4 years ago

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021

Live Mint  

Let’s face it, our pre-covid work life is not coming back anytime soon. Work from home is here to stay Even though many companies are planning to reopen offices next year, entry will be staggered. Human resource experts believe organisations will look at a hybrid work model, with people going in to offices largely for meetings or brainstorming sessions. Remote …

Should we still work from home: When will workers return to the office?
4 years, 1 month ago

Should we still work from home: When will workers return to the office?

The Independent  

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These companies’ workers may never go back to the office
4 years, 2 months ago

These companies’ workers may never go back to the office

CNN  

New York CNN — As the United States prepares for another wave of the coronavirus, some companies are making plans to keep their employees remote for the forseeable future. Dropbox The tech company’s nearly 3,000 employees will continue to work remotely the majority of the time, but will occasionally go to a revamped offices, which will be called “Dropbox Studios,” …

Google asks workers who went abroad for Covid to return
4 years, 3 months ago

Google asks workers who went abroad for Covid to return

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google advised workers companywide to return to the country where they’re employed by the end of the year, according to a person familiar with the matter. In Ireland, Google’s European headquarters, many technology employees who temporarily left the country during the worst of the pandemic “have been asked to return by year-end, partly due to tax and legal …

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say
4 years, 3 months ago

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say

The Telegraph  

The Government’s drive to get workers back to the office has been dealt a fresh blow as new research reveals almost two thirds of employers believe staff are at least as productive when they work from home. More than half of workers expect they will never return to working five days a week in the office, separate research by broadband …

Facebook employees to work from home until July 2021, to get additional $1,000
4 years, 5 months ago

Facebook employees to work from home until July 2021, to get additional $1,000

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc will allow employees to work from home until July 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak and will give them $1,000 for home office needs, a spokeswoman for the social media giant said on Thursday. Late in July, Alphabet Inc's Google said it would allow employees who do not need to be in the office to work from home …

COVID-19: Google employees to work from home until July 2021
4 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19: Google employees to work from home until July 2021

India Today  

With the coronavirus pandemic refusing to slow down, Google has some new working plans for its employees. A report claims that Google is planning to make its 200,000 full-time and contract employees work remotely until July 2021. “To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021, for …

Google extends work from home for employees till June 30 next year
4 years, 5 months ago

Google extends work from home for employees till June 30 next year

India TV News  

Tech giant Google on Monday said it is extending work from home facility for its employees globally, including in India, till June 30 next year. "To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021 for roles that don't need to be in the office," Google CEO Sundar …

Many Workers Would Prefer To Keep Working From Home At Least Some Of The Time
4 years, 7 months ago

Many Workers Would Prefer To Keep Working From Home At Least Some Of The Time

Huff Post  

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Now Twitter Employees Have A Work From Home 'Forever' Option
4 years, 7 months ago

Now Twitter Employees Have A Work From Home 'Forever' Option

ABP News  

In this file photograph taken on August 14, 2019, employees walk past an illuminated Twitter logo as they leave the company's headquarters in San Francisco. - Twitter said May 12, 2020 it is unlikely to open its offices before September, and that many of its employees will be permitted to work from home permanently even after the end of the …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Facebook extends work from home policy; employees to work remotely until year-end
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Facebook extends work from home policy; employees to work remotely until year-end

Firstpost  

Facebook Inc said on Friday it would allow its workers who are able to work remotely to do so until the end of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forces governments to extend stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, Reuters reported Facebook Inc said on Friday it would allow its workers who are able to work remotely …

Coronavirus: Twitter asks employees to work from home, TCS & HCL advise avoiding travel
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Twitter asks employees to work from home, TCS & HCL advise avoiding travel

India TV News  

As Coronavirus reaches Indian shores, its effects have begun to be felt in many quarters. Technology giants like Tata Consultancy Services and HCL technologies have asked staff to avoid non-essential travel as they put measures to safeguard workers against the deadly coronavirus. In a series of tweets, Jennifer Christie, who leads the people team at Twitter, said, "Today, we shared …

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