Google and Facebook Notify All Employees: Work From Home May Be Allowed Throughout 2020
The global epidemic situation still shows no signs of improvement. Currently, more than 4 million people have been infected, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 1.3 million. Technology giants Facebook and Google have successively extended the remote work period until the end of 2020 due to concerns about the spread of the epidemic.
If you had to work remotely for the rest of 2020, would you be willing?
Google and Facebook have already asked their employees to do so. Recently, the two technology giants have successively stated that they will extend the remote working time of their employees until the end of 2020.
Work from home, don't come back for now
On May 7, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially announced thatThe company will allow most employees to continue working from home until the end of 2020.
Facebook said the decision involved several factors, including information from public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Johns Hopkins University, as well as government guidance.
Last month, Zuckerberg announced:Facebook will cancel offline events with more than 50 people until June 2021.Including the Oculus Connect VR conference, which is scheduled to take place this fall, will be an online-only event.
Although some employees' work cannot be completed remotely, Zuckerberg still said:"Generally speaking, we don't expect everyone to be back in our offices at the same time."
At the same time, Google also adopted a similar policy.
On May 8, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said at a general meeting:Google employees will likely work from home for the rest of 2020.Employees who need to return to the office can do so as early as "June or July," while most employees can continue to work from home for the rest of the year.
Any employee returning to Google's offices may need to take new safety measures, such as taking temperature and wearing masks.
Technology giants take the lead in encouraging remote work
Google and Facebook have been working remotely since March and have provided many support policies to their employees during the remote working period.
For example, on March 17, Facebook generously distributed coins.Provide each employee with a special bonus of $1,000 to improve their home office environment or childcare expenses.(For details, seeZuckerberg gives out money: Each employee will receive a $1,000 epidemic subsidy）
In order to ease the dual burden of family and work for employees, Google announced a new welfare policy in April:Up to 14 weeks of full-day paid leave and up to 28 weeks of half-day paid leave.
In addition to Google and Facebook, other technology companies such as Microsoft and Amazon also began to implement work-from-home policies at the beginning of the outbreak.
Musk was dissatisfied: I want to return to work!
However, Tesla, a star company in the technology field, has shown a completely different attitude towards resuming work.
Musk has been "eager to resume work" recently, but Tesla's application to resume work at its California factory was rejected. So, on May 10, MuskThe lawsuit sued the Alameda County government in California, alleging that it had violated multiple federal and state constitutional principles.He asked the court to revoke the county government's order refusing Tesla to resume work. At the same time, he threatened to move Tesla out of California if it was not allowed to resume work.
California State Councilwoman Lorena Gonzalez was also furious about this, saying that the company was taking large subsidies but forcing a resumption of work without regard for the safety of its employees.
In contrast, Google and Facebook seem to be more cautious. What do you think?
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