Tim Cook He explained in an interview yesterday that most of his employees will continue to telecommute at home until next year. Bad news, no doubt.
And I say bad news not for the workers, who will continue to keep their job and their salary, or for the company, which has been in this situation for months if it continues to operate at a good pace, but because it means that the US will not give it. has won the pulse even to the happy COVID-19, and that is bad news.
Yesterday Tim Cook gave an interview to Bloomberg where he explained, among other things, that Apple employees in the United States will not return to their offices until early 2021, since the coronavirus continues to spread in this country.
Apple tried to end lockdown with employees returning to their campuses in mid-June, with some key employees even as early as May, but it appears that most workers will continue to do so. teleworking at home until next year.
We have determined that the majority of US employees will not return to their office until early next year. To go further, it will depend on the success with a vaccine, and the success with the therapies
Cook said Apple's process for reopening its offices would be similar to how it has run its stores. He compared the process to a «accordion»Where the company would open offices and then close them again as needed depending on the data from the pandemic.
Apple's CFO Luca Maestri during his Q2020 XNUMX earnings speech, he said that Apple is taking a cautious approach with its corporate facilities and retail stores, and the company is trying to understand how the virus is evolving over time.
Most of the employees will work from home until the end of this year, at which point Apple will reassess the situation. Maestri also said that he waits a vaccine and you will make future decisions as you learn more. That said, very bad news.
