Robinhood To Let Most Employees Work From Home Permanently

The company said in a post on Wednesday that it will allow most of its employees to work from home on a permanent basis.

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A large segment of employees will have no requirement for in-office requirements, but teams will still meet in person for occasional key experiences.

Some teams will have to live close to an office for regulatory and business reasons, while a small cohort will still be required to come into the office.

In December, the plans were shared with employees of the company.

When it temporarily halted trading of volatile "meme stocks", including AMC and GameStop, to the ire of many customers, it made headlines.

The key background.

The surge in omicron cases nationwide has upended many businesses' planned return to office work, and a number of tech companies have already announced plans to postpone a return to in-person or long-term pivots to embracing a more remote approach. Tech companies such as Okta, DoorDash, and DocuSign have adopted remote-first approaches, while Apple, Google Meta, and others have delayed their office returns.

Most employees will be permanently shifted to remote working.

Most employees will be able to work from home with the permanent remote working offered by Robinhood.

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The end of a return-to-office date.

Return-to-office plans are doomed to fail because of the demand for remote work persists.