Telecommuting is in the crosshairs of Google bosses. This has been discovered by the American network CNBC. This channel has revealed that the technology giant plans to act against employees who do not go to their offices on a regular basis and prefer to stay at home doing their tasks remotely.
Specifically, Google has updated its hybrid work policy, which includes tracking attendance at the office with an identification card, penalizing workers who stay at home, and assessing presence in employee performance evaluations. .
This means in practice that most employees must go to their offices at least three days a week. For now, in the United States, the company will regularly monitor whether employees respect office attendance using ID card data.
Google's chief people officer, Fiona Cicconi, told employees in an email this week that the company wants to bring attendance levels back in the office, arguing that "there's simply no substitute for meeting in person," even though "it's not everyone believes in magical hallway conversations.”
Cicconi believes that "there is no doubt that working together in the same room makes a positive difference" and gives the company's latest launches as an example: "Many of the products that we unveiled at I/O and Google Marketing Live last month past were conceived, developed and built by teams working side by side”.
To recover face-to-face, Google has already warned that it will begin to include three days a week in the office as part of its performance reviews, even for those who are contractually remote: "We hope you will consider switching to a hybrid work schedule . It is in our offices where you will be most connected with the Google community”, said Cicconi.
