GOOGLE TO MOVE TO HYBRID WORK WEEK: PICHAI
New Delhi, May 6: Google will move to a hybrid work week, where most Googlers spend approximately three days in the office and two days "wherever they work best", according to a note by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
About 20 per cent of Google's workforce will continue to work remotely after its offices reopen later this year, while about
60 per cent Googlers will come together in the office for a few days a week, Pichai said.
"Since in-office time will be focused on collaboration, your product areas and functions will help decide which days teams will come together in the office. There will also be roles that may need to be on site more than three days a week due to the nature of the work," he added.
Pichai also noted that the company will offer opportunities for employees to apply for completely remote work (away from team or office) based on their role and team needs.
As per the financial details released in Q1 2021, Google has 139,995 full time employees worldwide. While Google doesn't disclose country-specific headcount, the company is estimated to have over
4,000 people in India. "Before the pandemic, we had thousands of people working in locations separate from their core teams. I fully expect those numbers to increase in the coming months as we develop more remote roles...Taken together these changes will result in a workforce where around 60 per cent of Googlers are coming together in the office a few days a week, another 20 per cent are working in new office locations, and
20 per cent are working from home," he said.—