Apple has told employees that it will once again delay its return to the office . The company said in November that it would return on1. February However, it is now changing its plans again, although it has not yet announced a new return date. Apple also said that it will give all employees $ 1,000 to buy equipment for their home offices.
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According to multiple reports, the news was announced yesterday, Wednesday, when the company's CEO, Tim Cook, sent employees an email to inform them of the new data.
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Apple appears to be making this move in light of the COVID-19. Many are expressing concerns about the number of cases and the spread of the new Omicron mutation. Earlier this week, the company announced that it was once again making face masks mandatory in all of its US stores, while also reportedly closing some of them due to the increase in cases.
Several major companies, including Google, Lyft, Uber , and Amazon, have also repeatedly changed their employee return-to-office dates as uncertainty surrounding the pandemic continues.
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Early in the pandemic, several companies, including Google and Facebook, offered their employees bonuses , as Apple is now doing, to help with the costs of working from home.
The pandemic has caused a lot of upheaval in the labor industry. In addition to the constant changes in return schedules, there are other problems. For example, Google seems to be showing less tolerance towards its unvaccinated employees. The company told employees that they would lose their pay, and eventually be fired, if they did not comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy.
Source: CNN International
