As the global pandemic ignites, we’ve seen a lot of tech companies consider turning remote work into an option for their employees, even after an avid. Now Spotify is on board: THEn Friday, the company has announced launching its Work From Anywhere program, which will give THOUSAND of Spotify employees around globe the freedom to work anywhere – and yet – he would like.
“We talked about the future of work and what it will look like in a few years and we came to the conclusion that the globalizeraction and digitizationaction is a factor that leads to a more flexible job, ”Spotify said in its announcement. “It’s better for both the company and our people.”
The basic essence featured on Spotify’s human resources blog is this: Wwith a manager approval, Spotify-ers can mix and match their programs to work entirely from home, entirely from the office or a combination of the two.
These employees will also receive more flexibility when it comes to deciding where they work. If someone who really wants to have office space happens to choose a location that is not close to one of the 48 different Spotify desktops in more than a dozen countries, the company will set them up with a member for a coworking space somewhere nearby. That being said, this is not permission to go just anywhere in the world – Spotify notes in its announcement that there are “some limitations” on where employees can go, just because of “time zone difficulties and the laws of regional entities ”.
“The ultimate goal of our new design approach is to ensure that employees have a place to focus, collaborate and create – whether it’s in an office, a conference room or a cafe,” he explains. Spotify posting.
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In explaining his reasoning behind the new program, the company added that its employees effectiveness “it cannot be measured by the number of hours people spend in an office ”and that“ work is not something for which our people come to the office, it is something for them do.”
While not just any industry it is able to offer this kind of flexibility that the technology sector has embraced WFH lifestyle during the pandemic. At begining of the week, for example, the salesforce cloud giant has announced a policy change similar to that of Spotify, offering it tens of thousands employees the option to stay completely away, completely in the office or a mixture of both. This follows in the footsteps of other companies such as Shopify, Twitter, and Square giving employees have the option to continue working remotely for as long as they prefer, even after their offices are reopened. It even exists in progress Github crowdsourced project following the constantly updated list of technology companies, giving their employees the chance to work from home all the time. So far we are at nine, but we would not be surprised if the list grows.