Facebook, worried about the increase in contamination by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, has decided to postpone the return to the office of its employees until January 2022.
“The data, not the dates, influence our approach to returning to the office,” a spokesperson for the group said Thursday.
"Given recent health data showing an increase in cases of Covid-19 by the Delta variant, our teams in the United States will not be forced to return to the office until January 2022," she added.
“We continue to monitor the situation and work with experts to ensure that our return-to-office plans prioritize everyone's safety,” she also said.
Facebook follows in the footsteps of Amazon and Microsoft
A few weeks ago, Facebook still planned to fully reopen its offices by October, requiring vaccinations and masks.
Facebook offices outside the United States could reopen later this year, depending on local health situations.
Last week, it was the e-commerce giant Amazon which announced that it was pushing back the mandatory return to the office for its employees until January 2022.
He then followed Microsoft's footsteps.
This week, American Express announced to postpone at least October the return to the office.
The NBC channel made a similar announcement.
Facebook and its neighbors in Silicon Valley were among the very first companies to recommend their employees to work from home, in early March 2020.
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