Most Google employees will work from home until mid-summer 2021

An official order from Google CEO Sundar Pichai was published online, according to

to which the majority of the company’s employees (and there are about 200 thousand people in total) will work from home until mid-summer 2021.

It is worth noting that the moment a pandemic was declaredOn March 11, 2020, many tech companies switched their employees to telecommuting, but so far none have announced long-term plans to extend the experience. Thus, Google was the first company to speak openly about this, which could be a shining example for other tech giants.

However, it should be noted that the leadershipThe search giant notes that the new office release dates have appeared not only because of fear of the spread of the virus. They, as it turned out, are also based on the introduction in the United States of a not quite standard return-to-school regime in September. In this regard, the company wants its employees with children and students to be able to enter the new regime as comfortably as possible.