Twitter "Employees Can Work Remotely Permanently If They Wish Even After COVID-19"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Twitter announced that employees can work from home permanently if they wish, according to reports by internet media BuzzFeed and CNBC on the 12th (local time). Twitter explained that it is the first company to adopt a work-from-home model after the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the reports, Twitter stated in a press release that it will be the first company to adopt a work-from-home model after the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will not be the first company to return to the office.

Twitter’s adoption of the work-from-home model was announced when Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, sent an email to employees on the same day. CEO Dorsey said that employees whose job nature or circumstances allow working from home can do so permanently if they wish. He added, "If not (if they do not want to work from home), when they feel it is safe to return, our offices will be a warm and welcoming self for employees."

Twitter stated that except for very exceptional cases, offices will not open before September, and when they do reopen, it will be "cautious, planned, and gradual by office." It also added that before September, except for a very small number of exceptions, there will be no business trips and no face-to-face events for the rest of the year.

Twitter had actively embraced remote work even before the COVID-19 crisis. In February, during a conference call announcing the fourth-quarter results of the previous year, CEO Dorsey expressed his intention to expand remote work, citing that employees were too concentrated in the San Francisco area.

In the United States, there are expectations that the adoption of remote work will increase. Facebook announced on the 7th that most employees will be allowed to work from home until the end of this year, and Google stated that from June, employees will gradually return to the office through staggered working hours, but some employees may work from home until the end of the year.

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