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Summary
- Discontent amongst Google employees, unfair policies to blame
- September to mark the commencement of a hybrid working situation
- Salary cuts and workplace shifting creating chaos in people’s work-life balance
In a recent update, employees from global giant Google are not very happy with the Company’s inflexible nature of the policies. From salary cuts to inconsiderate team shifts to different locations, have made it difficult for several people to survive the growing costs of living. A disgruntled employee revealed how it does not seem like the company is at all considerate about people and the fact that they have families, that also need to make a lot of adjustments for their sake.
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The pandemic has led to most workforce adapting to the comfort of working from home and expecting companies to be more flexible in their way of functioning, considering people wanting to be closer to their loved ones in their testing times. On the other hand, Companies are reluctant with letting employees work remotely permanently, due to several factors involved. While Google is witnessing backlash, so is Apple. Facebook however currently seems to be more supportive of people working remotely for a longer time.
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Hybrid working model
Back in May 2021, Mr. Sundar Pichai the CEO of Google, had spoken of a novel hybrid model for functioning in the post -COVID world. While starting from September, they plan to have about 20% of the workforce continuing to work from home, while another 20% would be required to work from new locations. This would mean salary changes and a lot of new adjustments for the employees. Besides this one would be required to work from the office for at least 3 days a week, which would mean further confusion regarding accommodation and travelling for many.
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Another concerning factor is that Google tends to have an influence on policy making for several other companies which consider it as a benchmark of model practices. It could possibly further lead to unrest in different Silicon Valley organizations if similar policies get applied there.
Leading by the New Zealand Example?
One of the reasons that sparked further unrest in Google employees is the fact that senior vice President for the Company Mr. Holzle has recently announced that he shall be shifting to New Zealand with his family for a year and work remotely from there. This is the kind of inequality that is irking employees.
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Policy Loopholes
The pandemic has undoubtedly weighed heavily on people across the world who have been working from home. As much as organizations all over have built make-shift versions of rules and regulations over the course of a year and a half, there are still certain loopholes that cause discontent amongst employees.
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