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Their numbers are strong, employees are healthy and they can afford to take things slow. You can tell people this is the game plan, he said, it s not cast in concrete, it might change. As people see that, they feel more relaxed that nothing will be draconian from the company or the corporate world.
But for other businesses like Ume Chinese Food, things are moving too slowly. It s getting better, a lot better than a couple months ago, but it s not enough, said Ume s owner Tony Zhang who said they still need more people to go back to work to make the restaurant s ends meet.
Bay Area businesses ready to rethink plans for return to office
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Last April, Olga Meleshko, Metromile’s manager of executive administration, was preparing the company s San Francisco office for employees to return to work. Now the company says it may have to reexamine elements of its plan.Mike Kai Chen/Special to The Chronicle
Workplaces have been whipsawed with uncertainty in recent months as coronavirus prevention rules have changed. The news Friday that seven Bay Area counties are recommending that vaccinated people wear masks indoors added another element of unpredictability.
California rules for workplaces haven’t officially changed since they were updated last month, but companies are thinking twice in light of the new guidance from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties.