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But for those itching to get back to the
Googleplex, their return after 16 months away will come with a reopened cafeteria and the return of the company s private shuttle bus. Google s free food is legendary: Prior to the pandemic, the company dished out hundreds of thousands of gourmet meals per day to its legions of employees, free of charge. But the pandemic made people wary of buffet-style meals, and the New York Times reported earlier this year that Google was moving away from buffets in favor of boxed, grab-and-go meals and individually packaged food.
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Now, the cafeterias at the Googleplex will be open, although a Google spokesperson told Insider that services and options will be limited at some locations.
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This week: Googlers fight for their right to WFH
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Google employees are up in arms about a new hot-button issue:
remote work.
Google employees are due back in the office in September, and many are not happy about it. Some are even threatening to quit if they re not allowed to permanently work from home, as Hugh Langley reports:
While tech firms such as Microsoft and Twitter have announced plans to allow employees to work from home permanently, Google has resisted going fully remote, and employees said there s an increasing sense of frustration among a faction of the workforce.
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This week: Googlers fight for their right to WFH Stephen Lam/Reuters
We ve seen tech worker revolts about everything from toxic corporate cultures to sexual misconduct to workplace clampdowns on political speech. Now, some Google employees are up in arms about a new hot-button issue: remote work.
Google employees are due back in the office in September, and many are not happy about it. Some are even threatening to quit if they re not allowed to permanently work from home, as Hugh Langley reports:
While tech firms such as Microsoft and Twitter have announced plans to allow employees to work from home permanently, Google has resisted going fully remote, and employees said there s an increasing sense of frustration among a faction of the workforce.