Most Facebook and Google employees could telecommute until the end of the year

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Facebook and Google will allow the majority of their employees to continue teleworking until the end of the year. Some Microsoft employees will also be able to continue teleworking until October. These announcements are made as many countries begin to gradually reopen their economies.

While many countries are considering de-containment, Facebook and Google have made the decision to allow employees who can telework to continue working from home until the end of the year. As reported in a BBC article, Google boss Sundar Pichai has said that workers who have to work on company premises will be able to return there from at least July. But the majority of Google employees who can work from home will be able to continue teleworking until the end of the year.

Facebook’s policy is the same. “Facebook has taken a new step in its return to work philosophy. Today, we announced that anyone who could do their work remotely could choose to do it until the end of the year, “said a spokesperson, according to the BBC. “As you can imagine, the situation is changing as employees and their families make important decisions about returning to work. “

Before this decision, in April, Facebook had already announced that it would ask most employees to stay at home until the end of May. “We will require the vast majority of our employees to work from home until at least the end of May in order to create a safer environment both for our critical workers who need to be in the office and for everyone in the office.” our local communities, “said Mark Zuckerberg.