As countries around the world gradually come out of quarantine and lockdowns are lifted, many companies have to grapple with how they bring their employees back to the office safely and efficiently. Many companies have decided to prolong the work-from-home policies put in place during the pandemic, such as Google, even as some start returning to the office in a phased approach.
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Google has communicated to its employees that they expect most to continue working from home and those will receive a $1,000 allowance.
“Because we still expect that most Googlers will be largely working from home for the rest of this year, we’ll be giving each Googler an allowance of $1,000 USD, or the equivalent value in your country, to expense necessary equipment and office furniture,” it told employees.
For those that need to be back at the office, for various functions, rotational policies will be put in place to keep encouraging social distancing.
“Beginning July 6, assuming external conditions allow, we’ll start to open more buildings in more cities. This will give Googlers who need to come back to the office—or, capacity permitting, who want to come back—the opportunity to return on a limited, rotating basis (think: one day every couple of weeks, so roughly 10 percent building occupancy). We’ll have rigorous health and safety measures in place to ensure social distancing and sanitization guidelines are followed, so the office will look and feel different than when you left. Our goal is to be fair in the way we allocate time in the office, while limiting the number of people who come in, consistent with safety protocols,” it noted.
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