December 16 news, according to foreign media MacRumors reported that Apple CEO Cook sent an email to inform employees that the original plan to return to the company on February 1 next year was indefinitely extended, and each employee would be issued $1,000 (about 6,400 yuan) for the purchase of home office equipment.
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Some time ago, the new crown OMICRON variant broke out, and even a "Buddhist" country such as Japan announced that it had been sealed for a period of time, which shows the horror of the variant. The new crown control in the United States is not strict enough, the infection rate is too high, and Apple is forced to abandon the original plan to return to work.
For many Apple employees, this is definitely a good thing, working from home is much more free than working at work, but utilities and equipment costs need to be paid by themselves. Now Apple has given a $1,000 device fee, which solves part of the cost problem. When the device was not paid earlier, many Apple employees expressed reluctance to return to the company, let alone now.
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When the epidemic first broke out, many netizens and the media discussed whether working from home could become the norm. Xiao Lei believes that the advantage of working from home is that employees do not need to take transportation to the company, saving a lot of time. Xiao Lei's residence is too far from the company, and it takes an hour to commute to work every day, and people crowd the subway, which makes people feel suffocated.
The problem with working from home is that without the company's atmosphere and leadership supervision, employee productivity will not decline. This varies from person to person, some people need to have the atmosphere and supervision to ensure efficiency, and some people do not. For people with strong self-discipline, working from home can sleep more, the spirit is more energetic, and the office efficiency will even be higher than in the company.
Many jobs do not need to be completed in the company, can be completely worked from home, recently Lei Technology is testing home office, several small partners in the same department can complete the task on time, and working from home may not become the norm in the future. To tell the truth, if the company really opens up to work from home and no longer requires to stay in Guangzhou, Xiao Lei will definitely be more willing to return to his hometown, not to mention the salary increase, and the salary reduction of 10% is no problem. With the consumption level of my hometown, wouldn't it be cool to take a salary in Guangzhou?
Of course, at this stage, home office will not be widely popularized, it may be that managers are still not at ease with the efficiency of employees working from home, and in the future of the continuous development of Internet technology, home office may gradually become the mainstream.