As a result of Google resuming office work, the number of new corona infections will increase rapidly
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With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, companies around the world, including Japan, have shifted to telecommuting. However, major technology companies such as Apple and Google are seeing a decline in work efficiency due to working from home, and there is an increasing movement to return employees to the office. Under this situation, it is reported that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing rapidly within Google, and dissatisfaction is increasing among employees.
Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks
As a countermeasure against the spread of the new coronavirus, Google closed its offices in China in January 2020 and requested all employees in North America to work from home in March of the same year. After that, considering the epidemic situation of the mutant strain, the request to work from home continued until 2022, but in April 2022, a decision was made to require most employees to come to work at least three days a week . rice field.
However, within Google, the number of new infections with the new coronavirus has increased sharply since it became mandatory to come to work. Looking at the number of new infections on August 25, 2022, compiled by the Los Angeles Department of Health, it can be seen that a total of 307 new infections were confirmed in two Google buildings.
Immediately after resuming office work, the number of new infected people increased, and Google's in-house image sharing service 'Memegen' is said to have posted a large number of images based on the current situation of too many new infection notifications. thing. In addition, after the resumption of office work in April 2022, Google invited singer Rizzo to celebrate the return to the office, but Google employees said, ``The number of infection notifications increased sharply after the celebration event.'' I am commenting.
In addition, it was reported that Google notified employees in November 2021 that they would be fired if they were not vaccinated against the new coronavirus, and they are taking strict measures against those who have not been vaccinated. It was clear.
Google is notifying employees that they will be fired if they are not vaccinated - GIGAZINE
Although the vaccination requirements were eased in February 2022, employees who come to the office are still required to be vaccinated. For this reason, some employees are demanding that the vaccination obligation be withdrawn, claiming that ``the infection is spreading in the office where only vaccinated employees should be.'' In addition, CNBC emphasized the effectiveness of the new corona vaccine, saying, ``The vaccine continues to be effective in alleviating the severity of the disease.''
Problems related to the new coronavirus infection and the resumption of office work are also becoming apparent at companies other than Google. For example, in May 2022, it was reported that Ian Goodfellow, director of Apple's machine learning research team, left Apple because he was required to work in the office for more than two days a week. It is
Is the top of Apple's machine learning research resigning due to ``removal of remote work''-GIGAZINE
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