Google and Twitter reopenings launch grand experiment on the future of Silicon Valley work


Google wants most workers back in its Bay Area offices for three days a week in a ‘hybrid’ workplace scheme, while Twitter said it would open all offices March 15 but let most employees come in whenever they wish – or even work full time and permanently from home. — Dreamstime/TNS

A grand Silicon Valley experiment in how and where work will be done in a post-pandemic world has just gotten underway, with technology giants Google and Twitter this week announcing sharply different office reopening plans as other local firms wrestle with how and when to bring workers back to company desks.

Google wants most workers back in its Bay Area offices for three days a week in a “hybrid” workplace scheme, while Twitter said it would open all offices March 15 but let most employees come in whenever they wish – or even work full time and permanently from home.

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