Zoom tells staff to get back to the office
Zoom, the video-conferencing platform that made working from home possible for millions of workers, is ordering its staff back to the office.
It wants its employees to return to their workplace at least two days a week so they can “interact with their teams”.
Zoom said the change in policy represented a move to fully embrace hybrid working. The company will open a London headquarters this week that is being billed as “laying down the foundations for Zoom as a successful hybrid business”.
Zoom, the video-conferencing platform that made working from home possible for millions of workers, is ordering its staff back to the office.
It wants its employees to return to their workplace at least two days a week so they can “interact with their teams”.
Zoom said the change in policy represented a move to fully embrace hybrid working. The company will open a London headquarters this week that is being billed as “laying down the foundations for Zoom as a successful hybrid business”.
The London office will have a virtual receptionist, “Zoom rooms” and an “engagement hub” to “foster collaboration”. It is also part of a restructuring, under which the company laid off 1,300 workers – about 15% of its workforce – in early February. Last year, Zoom said less than 2% of its staff would work fully from an office.
The move is the latest example of a large technology company turning against fully remote working, with Google, Amazon, Lyft and others insisting on three days in the office. JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have ended working from home altogether.
Google is trying to lure workers back with special deals at its on-site hotel in Mountain View, California. It told staff: “Just imagine no commute to the office in the morning, and instead you could have an extra hour of sleep and less friction.”
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