Google says 3 days a week in office, rest can be WFH: Report

Alphabet’s Google will allow its employees to work from home until September next year, extending the return to the office by a few months, the New York Times reported on Monday.

The company was also testing the idea of a “flexible workweek” once it is safe to return to the office, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told the company’s staff in an email on Sunday, according to the report.

As part of the plan, Google’s employees would be expected to work at least three days a week in the office while working from home the other days, the newspaper report said.

“We are testing a hypothesis that a flexible work model will lead to greater productivity, collaboration, and well-being,” Pichai wrote in the email.

Google was one of the first companies to ask its employees to work from home due to the pandemic. It has previously delayed the timing by when the employees should return to the office from January next year to July.

Across the world, there have been a total of 7,22,48,705 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the latest update. This includes 2,33,87,425 people who are being treated, 4,72,48,930 who have recovered and 16,12,350 who have died.

The highest number of coronavirus cases currently is in US which has registered 1,62,51,975 confirmed COVID-19 cases. 2,99,163 people have died of coronavirus in the country. India and Brazil are next in line with 98,84,100 and 69,01,952 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,43,355 and 1,81,402 deaths, respectively.