On Wednesday last week, Google’s Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees.
She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back into the office.
As of 1 September, she said, employees wishing to work from home for more than 14 days would have to apply to do so.
Employees were also expected to “live within commuting distance” of offices. No cocktails by the beach with a laptop, then.
The intention was very clear. Sure, you can do more flexible working than you did before – but most people will still have to come into the office.
That thinking seemed to fly in the face of much of what we heard from Silicon Valley executives last year, when they championed the virtues of remote working.
Source: BBC Technology News
Date: April 6th, 2021
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56614285
Discussion
- Remote working is technology-enabled. Why might a technology company like Google not want its employees to use technology to work?
- What are some of the upsides of remote working?
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