Twitter, meanwhile, will close its offices due to increased risk of infection from the Delta variant.
As the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads across the US, the biggest tech firms are releasing new requirements for employee vaccinations. Following Twitter’s lead, Google, Facebook, and Netflix this week announced that workers must be fully jabbed before returning to the office. Google In an internal email to employees-cum-public blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai explained that „anyone coming to work on our campuses will need to be vaccinated.“ Implementation of the policy will vary according to local regulations and vaccine availability. It will roll out first in the US and „expand to other regions in the coming months,“ Pichai said, promising „more details“ on an exceptions process for those who cannot be vaccinated for medical or other protected reasons. „We are excited that we’ve started to reopen our campuses and encourage Googlers who feel safe coming to sites that have already opened to continue doing so,“ according to the memo. „At the same time, we recognize that many Googlers are seeing spikes in their communities caused by the Delta variant and are concerned about returning to the office.“ Which is why the company extended its global voluntary work-from-home policy through Oct.
