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05-12-2020, 02:34 PM
Twitter (https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=TWTR) has told employees that they can keep working from home “forever” if they wish.
In a statement, Twitter said it was “one of the first companies to go to a WFH model in the face of COVID-19, but [doesn’t] anticipate being one of the first to return to offices.”
BuzzFeed News previously reported the announcement (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/twitter-will-allow-employees-to-work-at-home-forever).
The company said if employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue doing so “forever,” then “we will make that happen.”
“If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it’s safe to return,” the statement reads.
The company said with very few exceptions, offices won’t open before September. It added when they do open it will be “careful, intentional, office by office and gradual.” It said there will also be no business travel before September “with very few exceptions” and no in-person company events for the rest of 2020.
“We’re proud of the early action we took to protect the health of our employees and our communities. That will remain our top priority as we work through the unknowns of the coming months,” it said.
The company’s acceptance of a mostly remote workforce predates the coronavirus pandemic (https://www.cnbc.com/coronavirus/). On the company’s fourth-quarter 2019 earnings call in February, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey embraced (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/08/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-san-francisco-comments-a-warning-sign.html) the idea of remote work while expressing dissatisfaction with the company’s concentration of employees in San Francisco.
More here (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/twitter-tells-employees-they-can-work-from-home-forever.html)
In a statement, Twitter said it was “one of the first companies to go to a WFH model in the face of COVID-19, but [doesn’t] anticipate being one of the first to return to offices.”
BuzzFeed News previously reported the announcement (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/twitter-will-allow-employees-to-work-at-home-forever).
The company said if employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue doing so “forever,” then “we will make that happen.”
“If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it’s safe to return,” the statement reads.
The company said with very few exceptions, offices won’t open before September. It added when they do open it will be “careful, intentional, office by office and gradual.” It said there will also be no business travel before September “with very few exceptions” and no in-person company events for the rest of 2020.
“We’re proud of the early action we took to protect the health of our employees and our communities. That will remain our top priority as we work through the unknowns of the coming months,” it said.
The company’s acceptance of a mostly remote workforce predates the coronavirus pandemic (https://www.cnbc.com/coronavirus/). On the company’s fourth-quarter 2019 earnings call in February, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey embraced (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/08/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-san-francisco-comments-a-warning-sign.html) the idea of remote work while expressing dissatisfaction with the company’s concentration of employees in San Francisco.
More here (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/twitter-tells-employees-they-can-work-from-home-forever.html)