During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies across the world announced remote work for their employees in order to help them stay safe. Now that things are back to normal, most companies are rolling back the work from home policy and are asking employees to return to work from offices for at least three days a week. While Amazon CEO Andy Jassy argued that it is ‘easier to learn, model, practice, and strengthen culture when employees are in the office together’, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that working three days from office and two days from home results in a ‘good balance’ for employees.
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And Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year that employees who work from offices are better performers as compared to those who work from home. In June, the company started informing employees that they will soon have to start working from offices and the RTO mandate came into effect on Tuesday.
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Meta employees return to offices
According to a CNBC report, Meta employees have started working from offices as the new mandate came into effect. “We believe that distributed work will continue to be important in the future, particularly as our technology improves,” a Meta spokesperson told the publication and added, that the company will be focusing on creating a ‘strong and valuable experience for people who chose to work from office’. He also said that Meta is being ‘thoughtful and intentional’ about where they invest in remote work.
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‘Work from home or be fired’
Last month, it was reported that Meta had taken a firm stand for its return to office mandate. The tech giant had reportedly told employees that if they failed to comply with the return to office mandate, they could lose their jobs. The employees were informed about the mandate via an email from the HR.
“As with other company policies, repeated violations may result in disciplinary action, up to and including a performance rating drop and, ultimately, termination if not addressed. We believe that distributed work will continue to be important in the future, particularly as our technology improves,” a spokesperson for Meta had told Business Insider last month.
It is to be noted that the work from office mandate does not apply to employees who were earlier granted permission for full remote work.
Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a blog post in March, had highlighted the benefits of working from office, hinting at the upcoming change.
