Social media major Twitter recently announced its plans to allow many of its employees to work-from-home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic passes.
According to an internal email sent by CEO Jack Dorsey to employees, the company is unlikely to open its offices before September. It also said that some jobs that require physical presence, such as maintaining servers, will still require employees to come in.
The San Francisco-based company said it was among the first to move to telework in March as a result of the health crisis and that it will continue that policy indefinitely as part of a move towards a “distributed workforce.”
Dorsey had announced the company’s intent to work in a “distributed” environment even before the COVID-19 crisis, but the pandemic has now forced the company to move their timeline.
“We were uniquely positioned to respond quickly and allow folks to work from home given our emphasis on decentralization and supporting a distributed workforce capable of working from anywhere,” a Twitter spokesperson said.
“The past few months have proven we can make that work. So if our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen.”
Twitter said any reopening of its offices will be “careful, intentional, office by office and gradual,” when conditions permit.
In a company blog, written by Vice President (People), Jennifer Christie said, “Opening offices will be our decision, when and if our employees come back, will be theirs.”
“With very few exceptions, offices won’t open before September. When we do decide to open offices, it also won’t be a snap back to the way it was before.”
Meanwhile, to further strengthen its workforce, Twitter has also upped its allowance for work from home supplies to $1,000 for all employees.
The news comes following word from Google and Facebook that they are likely to continue telework through the end of the year for most employees.
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