Google Lenient Policy To Let More Staff Be Remote

Google has released an outlined plan that gives its employees more flexibility to work from different locations or entirely from home, as it prepares for a return to the office after the pandemic.

Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai outlined the plan to staff in a note on Wednesday morning. The influential Silicon Valley giant, one of the first to send employees home in 2020, has slowly opened its offices but said its employees can work remotely until September.

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Google has rearranged offices to create more features for what it calls a “hybrid” return to work, Bloomberg reported.

Pichai stated in an email that he expects about 60 percent of Google’s staff will work in the office “a few days a week.” Another 20 percent will be able to relocate to other company sites, while the remaining one-fifth can apply to permanently work from home. Google’s parent, Alphabet, ended the first quarter just shy of 140,000 direct employees.

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Google has reported that it saved $268 million in expenses from company promotions, travel and entertainment during the first quarter of the year in a filing.