The American "Facebook" company for social networking decided, today, to extend the period of work from home for its employees until the middle of next year due to the emerging "Corona" virus.
A Facebook spokeswoman told Reuters that, "Based on guidance from health experts and the government, as well as decisions derived from our internal discussions on these matters, we will allow employees to continue volunteering from home until July 2021," according to TechRunch.
Facebook also added that it would provide employees an additional $ 1,000 to spend on "home office needs."
A Facebook spokeswoman refused to answer a question about whether the company would provide its employees with the option to permanently work remotely.
It is noteworthy that in late July, the American company "Google" extended work from home for its employees until the end of June 2021.
In late July, Apple announced that its employees would not return to the offices until early 2021 at least, warning that any return to the offices would depend on the availability of an effective vaccine or successful treatments available.
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, had said earlier that half of the company is expected to work completely remotely over the next decade, but he warned at the same time that certain types of jobs would not be eligible to work remotely, such as those. Who work in the hardware development, data center, recruitment and partnerships departments.