There is quite a bit of movement on the date itApple Park employees should return to their offices. On the one hand, there is the culture of face-to-face work embodied in the very building of Apple’s main campus, on the other, there is the health situation that forces you to change your plan repeatedly. .
A lap already delayed four times
The last scheduled date for in-person return to work at Apple Park, as well as other offices the company has across Silicon Valley, was February 1, 2022. From then on, the vast majority of employees are expected to already. to be present. at your workplace, but we will still see a delay
The face-to-face return to work date has been postponed from June of this year to September, then October, then January 2022 then February. This time the company opted for an open “date to be determined” in view of the new variant of COVID. This is the fourth time that Apple has to delay its plan to return to Apple Park.
A delay which, in addition, came, according to Bloomberg, accompanied by a $ 1,000 bonus per employee to invest in equipment needed to work from home. If we add to this that Apple has promised to notify the return to the offices “months in advance”, the prospects of returning to Apple Park look rather distant.
A perspective, beware, that although it includes most of the company’s employees, it does not concern everyone. Various departments, especially all those related to hardware, have visited and seen Apple Park since the lockdown ended. These are jobs that need to have access to very specific equipment to do their job
Meanwhile, some Apple Stores have closed in the United States and Canada
The news comes at the same time that Apple has had to close several of its stores in the United States and Canada due to new variants of COVID. According to Mark Gurman in Bloomberg, Apple has stores closed in Miami, Maryland and Ottawa. A measure that comes just one day after the obligation to wear a mask in stores was reimposed.
“Apple Inc. has temporarily closed three retail stores in the United States and Canada after an increase in cases and employee exposures to Covid-19, the latest sign that a resurgence of the virus threatens fair retail operations before Christmas “.
“La compañía dijo que todos los empleados se harán las pruebas de Covid-19 antes de la reapertura de las tiendas y que se mantendrá en contacto con los trabajadores afectados. Los cierres de tiendas debido a un aumento en los casos internos de Covid suelen durar A few days”.
Despite the outlook, the truth is that Apple has had a very interesting year in terms of launches. A year in which we have seen many new products and great successes. Overall, we hope 2022 will be even better.
