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Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Google said it will end the voluntary work-from-home period and start having employees in the Bay Area and several other U.S. locations return to the office starting the week of April 4.  “It’s been a long and challenging two years since the vast majority of our people started working from home,” wrote John Casey, Google’s vice president of global benefits in an email to employees that was viewed by CNBC. “But the advances in prevention and treatment, the… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/ Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 1 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) are among internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law. Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has… Source link

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave//File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID-19 tests for any person entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a memo obtained by the news channel. Anyone who comes into a Google’s U.S…. Source link

Google has announced a $1bn (£871m) deal to buy the London development Central Saint Giles, calling the move a show of confidence in the return to more office working. The US tech firm currently rents space in the brightly coloured development designed by the architect Renzo Piano, which is located in the centre of the capital, near Oxford Street. The building – with its distinctive red, green, orange and yellow facade – includes 408,000 sq ft (38,000 sq metres) of office space, as well… Source link

Raise your hand if you’ve wondered what it’s like to work at Google. Here, we’ve tapped three impressive Googlers to learn their tips for getting some of that secret sauce à la Mountain View. Nathan Allen Nathan Allen, 39, started in Google’s New York City office in October 2015 and is now the head of design for stores, sustainability and special projects. To get where he is, he urges college grads to consider meaningful internships, be flexible and… Source link

FILE – The Google logo displayed at their offices in Granary Square, in London on Nov. 1, 2018. A Moscow court has fined Google nearly $100 million and Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law. The Tagansky District Court ruled on Friday that Google repeatedly neglected to remove the banned content, and ordered the company to pay a 7.2-billion ruble ($98.4-million) fine. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant,… Source link

What does Google’s parent company Alphabet want with robots? Well, it would like them to clean up around the office, for a start. The company announced today that its Everyday Robots Project — a team within its experimental X labs dedicated to creating “a general-purpose learning robot” — has moved some of its prototype machines out of the lab and into Google’s Bay Area campuses to carry out some light custodial tasks. “We are now operating a fleet of more than 100 robot… Source link

Google said Wednesday it would require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated before coming to work. Facebook followed suit shortly afterward with a similar announcement. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) — Officials with Google on Monday confirmed the protocols the company will be following for initial reopening at its California offices in July ahead of their anticipated full return in September. In May, Google said it expected about 20% of its workforce to continue working remotely after the fall reopening, while some 60% would work a hybrid schedule that includes about three days in the office and two days “wherever they work best.” READ MORE: UPDATE: Former… Source link

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.  Stephen Shankland/CNET Google on Tuesday… Source link