As case counts and other metrics for the Omicron variant continue to improve, many Bay Area companies are returning to the office in the next few weeks but setting an official date is, and has been, a challenge for executives.
For many companies, this is the fourth time they’re grappling with announcing a “return to the office” date.It’s a delicate balancing act for employers, trying to meet varying demands from workers.There are more signs of reopening including people peering through office windows.
“We don’t need to be in the office 24-7. It makes a lot of people happy to be at home,” said Simran Saraan.Others like Google have delayed their returns, and haven’t officially announced a new date.“CEOs are becoming increasingly nervous about setting return to office dates because they’ve seen if they keep setting a date, that gets messed up,” said Stanford University Professor of Economics Nicholas Bloom.
“We’ve been asking them each month, how many days a week are you letting your managers or professional employees work from home. That number has been creeping up, it was about one day a week in summer 2020 is now going up to about two days a week,” said Bloom.
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