As the global pandemic rages, we see that a lot of technology companies are considering making teleworking an option for their employees, even after they have decided.. Now Spotify is on board: OOn Friday the company announced the launch of its Work From Anywhere program, which will give the thousands of Spotify employees in the area the globe the freedom to work wherever – and however – they want.
‘We discussed the future of work for a few years and what it will look like there, and we always came to the conclusion that globalizmood and digitizationvoting is the driving force for a more flexible workplace, ”Spotify said in its announcement. “It’s better for both the company and our people.”
The basic core posted on Spotify’s HR blog is this: With ‘n driver’s approval, Spotifyers can mix and match their schedules to work completely from home, completely from the office, or a combination of the two.
These employees will also be more flexible if they decide where they work from. If someone who is really looking for office space chooses a place that is not close to any of the 48 different Spotify offices in more than a dozen countries, the company will set them up with a membership for a workplace somewhere in the area. That said, it’s not allowed to fly anywhere in the world – Spotify notes in its announcement that there are a number of restrictions “where employees can go, just because of” time zone issues and regional entity laws. ”
“The ultimate goal of our new design approach is to ensure employees have a place where they can focus, collaborate and create – whether at a desk, in a conference room or in cafe spaces,” explains Spotify’s mail.
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The company explained the reason for the new program added that its employees effectiveness “can not be measured by the number of hours people spend in an office, ‘and that’ work is not something our people come to the office for, it is something they work for do. ”
While not every industry is able to offer this kind of flexibility, the technology sector embrace the WFH lifestyle through the course of the pandemic. Earlier this week, for example the cloud giant Salesforce announced a similar policy change as Spotify, which she tens of thousands of employees the option to remain fully remote, fully in office, or a mixture of The two. It comes on the heels of other companies like Shopify, Twitter, and Square give them employees the option to work remotely for as long as they prefer, even after their offices are finally reopened. There’s even a going concern Large-scale Github project locate the list of constantly updating technology companies that offer their employees the opportunity to work from home permanently. So far we are nine, but we will not be surprised if the list gets longer.