As the number of Covid-19 cases falls sharply around the world, many office workers days of working from home are coming to an end. Work from home arrangements are being phased out at some major digital firms, including Google and Twitter. Following Google, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal requested that staff return to work by March 15. In an email to workers, Agrawal stated that business travel will resume immediately, and office openings will begin on March 15.
In his letter, Agrawal allows employees to work from wherever they feel most comfortable. Although the option to work from home is still available to employees, Agrawal suggests that employees who work from home will be entitled to more benefits than employees who do not work from home.
"As we reopen, our approach remains unchanged. Wherever you feel most productive and creative is where you will work, including working from home full-time indefinitely. Every day at the office? That also works. Some days at work, some days at home. Without a doubt. "That's exactly how the majority of you feel," Agrawal wrote.
The Twitter CEO also discussed the challenges the company faced while employees worked from home for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He stated that the employees will face numerous challenges in the coming months. Employees, he says, must be more proactive, intentional, learn, and adapt.
"In 2020, we quickly adapted to working virtually with resilience and agility, but almost all of us worked from home." Distributed work will be much more difficult. Anyone who has attended a meeting remotely while others are in a conference room understands the agony of this situation. There will be many challenges in the coming months, so we must be proactive, intentional, learn, and adapt. "We're all in this together, and each of us has a role to play in creating the open, inclusive, and productive culture we want to foster," Agrawal said.
Agrawal stated that details on logistics, dates, safety precautions, and how the company will operate will be shared with employees soon. In his letter, he also thanked the employees who work in the office. Google has also asked its employees to return to work on April 4, but it is also experimenting with the hybrid work policy. Employees will be summoned to the office, but not every day.