LinkedIn will allow employees to work from home (remote) completely or hybrid working (work at home and in the office), along with plans to reopen offices.
LinkedIn’s Chief People Officer, Teuila Hanson, said: “This policy is shifting from the original schedule, where the company planned that employees would work from the office 50 percent of their working time, when restrictions on the Covid-19 pandemic were lifted.
Quoting Reuters on Saturday (31/7/2021), this updated policy offers flexibility for employees to work completely remotely or work in a part-time office. This option applies to global LinkedIn employees now numbering more than 16,000 people.
“We anticipate it is likely we will see more employees working remotely than before the pandemic. However, some work will have to be done in the office,” Hanson told Reuters.
Hanson said that currently LinkedIn does not require employees who have been vaccinated to return to work in the office.
LinkedIn’s Director of Corporate Communications, Greg Snapper, said employees who move locations will also get paid adjustments based on the local country where they work.
Other Technology Company Office
The tech industry was the first to allow employees to work from home when the pandemic hit the US last year.
Now, these technology companies are also implementing different policies, some are allowing employees to work full-time from home/remotely and some are implementing hybrid work methods.
Previously, Facebook and Google required their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to work in the office.
Meanwhile, Twitter has closed its recently opened office again, due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the US.
On the other hand, Apple will require employees to work three days in the office a week, starting in October 2021. Google wants at least 60 percent of its employees to work in the office.
Google Requires Employee Vaccination
Google headquarters in the Googleplex, Mountain View, Palo Alto, California. Liputan6.com/Jeko Iqbal Reza
Previously, permainan togel colok bebas Google and Facebook would require their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to work from the office. Alphabet (Google) CEO Sundar Pichai announced this requirement in a letter to his employees.
“The vaccination requirements for Google employees will take effect in the next few weeks, for those in US offices,” Google said in a letter seen by The New York Times.
The announcement marks Google as one of the tech giants that requires employees to be vaccinated before entering the office.
The news is part of a wave of vaccination requirements pushed by US President Joe Biden’s administration.
Biden is reportedly set to announce requirements for government workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19.