Facebook and Google decided to let employees continue to work from home for the remainder of the year.
These two tech companies have declared intentions to resume their offices shortly but are allowing more home working flexibility.
Google initially said it’d keep its policy to do work from home until June 1st, but is expanding it for seven more months.
Facebook said it’d reopen its offices on 6 July since coronavirus lockdowns have been moderately lifted.
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said that employees who require return to the office will start having the ability to do so from July with enhanced safety measures in situ.
But most of the employees who can perform their jobs from home are ready to do so until the end of 2020, Mr Pichai added.
The declaration concurs with Facebook’s as more companies has started to roll out their back-to-work strategies.
“Facebook has taken the next step in its return to work philosophy. Today, we announced anyone who can do their work remotely can choose to do so through the end of the year,” a spokesman said. “As you can imagine this is an evolving situation as employees and their families make important decisions re: return to work.”
Facebook remains determining which employees are asked to return in, the spokeswoman added.
Facebook was among the first tech firms to ask its employees to start working remotely. They gave it’s staffs $1,000 (£807) bonuses for his or her work-from-home and childcare costs.
The trend for doing work from home may suit some companies while they redesign their office spaces to cater to new social distancing guidelines. Some employees are nervous about returning to do work within the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
