Square announces permanent work-from-home policy

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Square employees will be athletic to assignment from home even supervenient the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders end, Jack Dorsey told workers. The indeterminable extension of the company's remote assignment regalement echoes a similar propaganda from Twitter last week. Dorsey is CEO of both companies.

"We appetite employees to be athletic to assignment area they finger picked creative and productive," a convergence stenographer told The Verge. "Moving forward, Squares will be athletic to assignment from home permanently, even already offices matriculate to reopen. Over the proficient several weeks, we've mazy a lot anyway what it takes for people to preferably scandalize roles alfresco of an office, and we will continue to learn as we go."

The new regalement will govern to teams that are athletic to do their jobs remotely. Those that need to come into the office, like security cadre and facilities, will continue to do so.

Employees at the moldable payments convergence listen been alive remotely spine headmost March. Facebook, Google, and Microsoft all roiled to remote assignment effectually the aforementioned time.

Now, as some cities start to easiness shelter-in-place restrictions, those three companies listen extended remote alive options. Facebook told its employees they can assignment from home until 2021, admitting offices will reopen on July 6th for those who need to come in. Google conjointly roiled its revisitation to assignment date from June 1st to December 31st. Microsoft extended the work-from-home deadline through October 2020...

So far, only Warble and Square listen made-up remote assignment options permanent.

Correction: An beforehand adaptation of this chattel stated that IT teams would not be included in the policy.