Google plans to postpone the date for its employees to work from the office by three months, to January 10, in a decision that reflects the spread of the highly contagious Delta mutant of the Corona virus.
The CEO of Alphabet Inc, Google's parent company, Sundar Pichai, told employees about the plans in an email Tuesday.
After January 10, offices in different countries and locations will determine when to return themselves based on local conditions, and staff will get 30 days' notice to return, he said. The New York Times, reviewed by Al Arabiya.net.
Like other companies, Google has repeatedly pushed back when it expects its employees to return to work in its offices.
Last month, Google pushed back its return date from September to October and announced that it would require employees who returned to the company's offices to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
If Google employees return to the office in January, it will be nearly two years since the company asked its employees to work from home in the early days of the pandemic.
The extended period of working from home has forced the company to rethink the future of its workplace and how best to balance remote work and in-person collaboration.
