Google Will Allow Some Permanent Remote Work In Change Of Plans

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google will allow its employees more flexible options to work remotely, relaxing its previous guidelines from last December when the company said it would have workers come into the office three days a week.

In an email to employees Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Mountain View-based tech giant would plan for 20 percent of employees to work from home. Sixty percent would be in the office a few days a week and another 20 percent would be in new office locations.

Pichai said the company will allow employees to apply to work permanently remote “based on your role and team needs.”

Employees will also be given four weeks a year to work from anywhere as well as “reset days” this year.

“The future of work is flexibility,” Pichai wrote. “The changes above are a starting point to help us do our very best work and have fun doing it.”

The pandemic has altered the way that companies approach office life, with several of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies like Facebook and Twitter also laying out scenarios for permanent remote work.