Apple ’s plans to have most employees back in the office staff instead of working from home are not going well . The troupe has had to put over the return to the office several times , both toappease employeesand because of the ongoing pandemic .
The last plan was for employees to repay to onsite working on 1 February 2022 , but Apple has once again crusade back the date , Bloombergreports . This metre , the Omicron variant of the COVID computer virus , whose speedy gap has put the reality ’s healthcare system of rules on bound , is the obvious cause .
In a memo to employees , Tim Cook writes that the company will give all remote proletarian $ 1,000 to improve their home offices . That includes store employees who have been attribute other duties , such as chat or headphone support for Apple ’s on-line store .
Apple will give employee at least a month ’s observance before set a new restitution - to - work date .
The caller ’s current plan for work arrangements after the pandemic is for employees to be on site Monday , Tuesday and Thursday , with the right – if they wish – to work from home on Wednesday and Friday . In addition , everyone will be able-bodied to take to work from home for up to one calendar month a year .
While most tech ship’s company have been passably florid about the idea of employee working from domicile in the long terminus – and are obviously in a better position than business firm in most other sector to provide suitable kit for videoconferencing and so on – Apple has been slap-up almost from the very start to get back to the bureau . It was preparing for a returnback in May 2020 , and has been sporadically update its plans ever since .
This article originally appeared onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reporting by David Price .
