The announcements give a glimpse of how two of the largest tech companies in the world may eventually re-open.
Facebook and Google gave updates to their work from home plans.
Facebook and Google told employees Thursday they'll allow most of their employees to work from home through the end of this year.
Facebook said it doesn't plan to reopen most of its offices until July 6 at the earliest. The company will consider various factors such as "public health data, government guidance and local nuances" when deciding whether to reopen its offices, said a spokeswoman.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees at a company all-hands meeting Thursday that they'll likely work remotely for the rest of 2020, the company confirmed. The Information earlier reported the news.
As has been the case with most companies, Facebook and Google employees have been working from home to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The announcements by two of the largest companies in Silicon Valley gives a glimpse into how the rest of the tech industry may plan to reopen in the coming months.
In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network's employees would likely be among the last back to the office when society reopened, noting that the return to work would have to be done in a "staggered way." At the time, he said most employees would work from home through the end of May. Employees who couldn't work remotely, such as content reviewers who work on counter-terrorism or suicide and self-harm prevention, as well as certain engineers, might be able to return sooner to the office, he said at the time.
Google had made similar plans for its employees, previously telling them they would work from home at least until June 1. The company also said any return to offices would staggered. Pichai said Thursday that employees who need to work from offices will be able to do so starting in June or July, according to The Information, and that the company would take safety measures to protect those workers on campus.
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Facebook is planning to begin opening most of its offices by July 6, while Google is considering a similar move between June and July.
Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai told the employees that all Googlers who are able to work remotely will continue to do so till the end of 2020. (REUTERS)
Covid-19 outbreak forced employees working in companies across the globe, including the ones in Google and Facebook, to work from home. Now, the two companies have announced that they would let most of their employees work from home through 2020.
Facebook is planning to open most of its offices beginning July 6. Post that, the company will allow all its employees who can work remotely to work from home. A formal announcement in this regard by its Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is expected to follow later today.
According to a report by The Verge, the company is considering a number of factors such as information from public health agencies, like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Johns Hopkins, and government guidance in making a decision regarding allowing its employees to work from its offices.
Apart from Facebook, Google is another tech giant that will allow its workers to work from home through 2020. According to a report by The Information (via 9To5 Google), Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai told the employees that all Googlers who are able to work remotely will continue to do so till the end of 2020. The company had earlier announced that Googlers will work from home until June 1.
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