The Covid-19 workplace policies that require U.S. employees to be vaccine free are being relaxed by the company as it prepares to bring workers back to its offices. If workers plan to use the company's offices, they will have to bevaccinated.
In an email to San Francisco Bay Area employees last week, the company said it was easing some of its restrictions. Employees will no longer have to be tested weekly to enter the U.S. offices. It will not require staff to wear masks in the office, with the exception of Santa Clara County.
Many of its famed office amenities, such as fitness centers, cafeterias, massage services and commuter shuttles, will be restored. CNBC reported a change in policies.
Based on current conditions in the Bay Area, we are pleased that our employees who choose to come in now have the ability to access more on-site spaces and services.
The requirement that U.S. employees provide evidence of vaccination status has been dropped by the company.
Last year, employees who failed to do so would be placed on administrative leave and could be fired. The company had changed its position.
Many companies have had to adapt their policies to the changing conditions of the Pandemic. When it will ask employees to start working on a hybrid schedule that mixes remote work and in-office time has been pushed back many times.
The company has resisted going fully remote like other technology companies because of its work culture.
Instead of a global mandate, it will allow different regions to determine when to start requiring workers to come in a few times a week. In the United States, it is still assessing the right time to begin its hybrid work schedule and hasn't set a date for workers to return to the office.
About 30 percent of the employees in the Bay Area came into the office last week, despite the fact that returning to the office is still voluntary.
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