Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines
The Hindu
CEO Sundar Pichai says the tech firm is now aiming to have most of its workforce back to its offices beginning Oct. 18 instead of its previous target date of Sept. 1.
Google is postponing a return to the office for until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened in an attempt to fight the spreading Delta variant. In an email sent to Google's more than 130,000 employees on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is now aiming to have most of its workforce back to its offices beginning Oct. 18 instead of its previous target date of Sept. 1. Also read:
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