San Francisco: Twitter has made it official to let its employees work from home forever if they chose to and they will be paid like a normal working day as they sit comfortably in the sofa in the comfort of their homes.
- The new option is for those employees who do not need to be physically present in office for certain roles that cannot be done from homes.
- But for the rest of its 5,000-strong workforce, the option is now open.
- Twitter was one of the first companies to go to a work from home model in the face of COVID-19 pandemic.
"The past few months have proven we can make that work. So if our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen," the micro-blogging platform said in a statement late Tuesday.
"If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it's safe to return," it added.
- The company said that opening offices will be their decision, when and if our employees come back, will be theirs.
- "With very few exceptions, offices won't open before September. When we do decide to open offices, it also won't be a snap back to the way it was before. It will be careful, intentional, office by office and gradual," informed Twitter.
- The company said that there will be no business travel before September, with very few exceptions, and no in-person company events for the rest of 2020.
- "We will assess 2021 events later this year," it said.
- With this move, Twitter has upped the ante after Facebook, Alphabet (Google) and others have asked their employees to work from home till year-end.