The corporate sector has been witnessing remote work for quite some time now and employees now feel reluctant to return to usual office scenarios due to the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing these concerns of employees regarding contracting the virus, several corporations have extended their remote working policy.
After Amazon Inc stretched its work from home policy for employees till October, until called in office “for essential work”, tech giant Microsoft is also giving employees the option to work remotely till October.
The company said in a statement, “On May 4th we confirmed that when restrictions lift, working from home will remain optional through October unless employees are in an essential role or local authorities mandate otherwise.”
In early March, the tech giant was one of the first Seattle-area companies to tell employees that they could work remotely due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Microsoft employs nearly 54,000 people in the Seattle region, most of them at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., in addition to thousands more at offices across the world.
Companies in India have also been contemplating a similar kind of move to let employees continue working from the comfort of their homes. Global IT services provider TCS has also been working on a new business model to permanently shift 75% of its staff to remote working model.
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