Facebook is extending the home work system until July 2021 |
On Thursday, a Facebook spokesperson said: Due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) COVID-19 outbreak, the social media giant will allow employees to work from home until July 2021.
The company will give its employees $ 1,000 to buy a home office. The company and other large tech companies that have taken similar steps have also joined forces recently.
Google announced in late July that non-working employees can work from home until the end of June 2021, while Twitter allows some of its employees to work from home indefinitely.
A Facebook spokesperson said in an email: “Based on advice from health experts and the government, in addition to our internal discussions on these topics, we will allow employees to continue volunteering at home until July 2021. In addition, we will give employees an additional $ 1,000 to meet office requirements. Home. "
Facebook also said: According to government guidelines, it will continue to open offices with limited capacity and lift its antivirus shutdown in about two months. However, the company added that due to the large number of (Covid-19) cases, many locations in the US and Latin America are unlikely to reopen until the end of this year.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May last year: Facebook will enable many of its 50,000 employees to work from home permanently. Zuckerberg said he expects about 50% of Facebook employees to work remotely in the next five to ten years.