Meta announces new remote work policy, prioritizing return to the office

The social media giant began informing employees about its new remote work policy on June 1, but the new rule does not affect those who already work primarily remotely.

The new move contradicts CEO Zuckerberg's claim at the height of the Covid pandemic that working remotely was just as productive as working in person.

Facebook's parent company first expanded its remote work policy to all full-time employees in June 2021. At the time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said they realized during the height of the Covid pandemic that "work can be done effectively anywhere, and it can even be done at scale with the help of video and virtual reality technology."

But since then, many big names like Amazon and Alphabet - Google's parent company, have changed their remote work plans and called on employees to return to the office to work at least three days a week.

In March, Mark Zuckerberg unexpectedly talked about an internal analysis that showed engineers working in person “are more productive.”

“Our initial analysis of performance shows that engineers who go to the office in person, or who switch to remote work, are on average more productive than those who just work from home,” Zuckerberg said at the time.

Last May, Meta carried out its final major round of layoffs, part of the company’s “efficiency” plan that expected to cut about 21,000 employees.

(According to CNBC)

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