Google will not resume workplaces till July 2021

Google will not resume workplaces for numerous workers in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic till next summertime. CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday informed workers that the search giant will extend its work from house choice through June 30, 2021, for functions that do not require to be in a workplace. 

The relocation, previously reported by the Wall Street Journal, will affect almost all of the tech giant’s approximately 200,000 full-time and agreement workers.

Earlier this month, Google postponed the resuming of its United States workplaces after coronavirus cases rose in a number of states. CEO Sundar Pichai formerly stated the search giant would begin bringing employees back since July 6, however then stated workplaces will stay closed till a minimum of Sept. 7.

As at numerous business, workers at Google have actually been working from house to assist slow the spread of the unique coronavirus. Back in May, Pichai informed workers that they’ll likely work from another location for the rest of 2020. The Google CEO apparently decided to more push back opening workplaces recently, in part due to unpredictability around academic year. 

As of Monday, the United States has actually tape-recorded more than 4 million validated cases, with over 146,000 deaths. Globally, there are over 16 million validated cases, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 database.