Most Google employees don't want to come back to the office full time, so company will go 'hybrid'

[tacobell fan]

• Most Google employees want to return to the office at some point, but not every day, according to a recent Google survey of its employees’ desires for post-pandemic work.
• The company said it is working on ‘hybrid’ models for future work, including rearranging its offices, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an interview with Time Magazine Wednesday.
• It also comes as Silicon Valley companies compete on flexible work options for existing and prospective talent.

[tacobell fan]

Google is rethinking its long-term work options for employees, as most of them say they don’t want to come back to the office full-time.

62% of Google employees want to return to their offices at some point, but not every day, according to a recent survey of employee office preferences the company released this week. So Google is working on ‘hybrid’ models, including rearranging its offices and figuring out more long-term remote work options, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an interview with Time Magazine Wednesday.

 

“I see the future as being more flexible,” Pichai said in Wednesday’s interview. “We firmly believe that in-person, being together, having a sense of community is super important when you have to solve hard problems and create something new so we don’t see that changing. But we do think we need to create more flexibility and more hybrid models.”

The long-term planning comes as Google, which has been looked at as a model for Silicon Valley workplaces, slowly reveals more details of its plans to return its employees back to the office while also competing with other tech companies for top talent. Earlier in the summer, the company gave staffers the option to work from home through July 2021 amid the global pandemic. That came as Facebook announced a similar timeline while other companies like Twitter said employees can work remotely “forever.”

Google began preparations early on in the pandemic and more recently made changes including to its internal communication forums, CNBC first reported. However, employees have missed the in-office perks like food offerings and personal chefs.

10 percent of Google employees — down from 20% surveyed in May — said they don’t want to come into the office at all in the future, according to the recent survey. 15% said they’d only want to only come into the office “Ad hoc” or for particular events.

Employees’ reasons for wanting to return to offices included face time with colleagues, the ability to socialize, and better collaboration opportunities, the survey showed.

 

“It’s always made me wonder — when I see people commuting two hours and away from their family and friends on a Friday, you realize they can’t have plans,” Pichai said in Wednesday’s interview, referring Silicon Valley’s long work commutes. “So I think we could do better.”

[r2d2]

reality.. I guess..

[tacobell fan]

Just now, r2d2 said:

reality.. I guess..

deep down he is a Naatu Sambar guy

[kakatiya]

Saves them millions of dollars in office cost

[tacobell fan]

Just now, kakatiya said:

Saves them millions of dollars in office cost

another way of boosting quarterly result to post profits

[dasara_bullodu1]

Good plan but government will do fingering as usual

[Daaarling]

13 minutes ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Good plan but government will do fingering as usual

Government ki em laabham

[dasara_bullodu1]

4 minutes ago, Daaarling said:

Government ki em laabham

Em laabam ani innallu schools and univs open Chesaru ... just sadism anthe

[rapchik123]

if they fire 1 underperformer in each team indirectly citing for not coming to office , all of them G mooskuni will come running to office 

[rapchik123]

3 hours ago, kakatiya said:

Saves them millions of dollars in office cost

WFH employees valla the work efficiency that the're going to lose is going to cost much more than that

[ZoomNaidu]

53 minutes ago, rapchik123 said:

WFH employees valla the work efficiency that the're going to lose is going to cost much more than that

I’ll do more work at home than being in office. 
 

ma company vaallu full happy - productivity baagundhani even its wfh, so they may give permanent wfh for most of employees at other locations  (Mine was wfh b4 Covid itself though).

[rapchik123]

3 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said:

I’ll do more work at home than being in office. 
 

ma company vaallu full happy - productivity baagundhani even its wfh, so they may give permanent wfh for most of employees at other locations  (Mine was wfh b4 Covid itself though).

good that you're that way but most employees dont work with the same efficiency while working from home , pakka TV or laptop lo inko tab lo NFLX or prime lo movies or shows run avtha untay parallely , also usually large teams involve ainappudu , the work that usually takes 20-30 mins to do will take 3-4 hours to coordinate between everyone and get it done 

[tacobell fan]

1 minute ago, rapchik123 said:

good that you're that way but most employees dont work with the same efficiency while working from home , pakka TV or laptop lo inko tab lo NFLX or prime lo movies or shows run avtha untay parallely , also usually large teams involve ainappudu , the work that usually takes 20-30 mins to do will take 3-4 hours to coordinate between everyone and get it done 

Work lo fun vethukovadam ante adhe

[rapchik123]

Just now, tacobell fan said:

Work lo fun vethukovadam ante adhe

manaki fun , employer ki frustration