The American Internet giant Google has postponed the mandatory return to the office until September 2021 and will then probably leave its employees the possibility of continuing to work partially from their home, the group said on Monday (December 14th).
The company was one of the first in March to recommend teleworking in order to limit the risk of Covid-19 contamination and has subsequently delayed the return to the office several times, most recently until the end of the school year. underway in the United States, July 2021.
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The boss of Google's parent company, Alphabet, said in an email to employees on Sunday evening that he was considering the idea of a
“flexible work week” for the future
.
According to this concept, employees could come to the office three days a week to
“collaborate”
with the rest of the teams and stay at home the other two days, said Sundar Pichai in the document, released by the
New York Times
and whose content has been confirmed by Google.
"No company of our size has ever created a fully hybrid working model - although a few are starting to test it - so it will be worth giving a try."
, he wrote there.
It does not, however, specify whether employees will have to be vaccinated before being allowed to return to the office.
Many companies are currently wondering which organization they will retain once the pandemic has passed.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg estimated as early as May that half of the group's employees could work from home permanently within five to ten years.
Twitter also indicated in the spring that it would probably allow some of its employees to work from their homes permanently, even when the containment measures to contain the coronavirus are fully lifted.
