Google Delays Mandatory Return to Office Until January, Citing Pandemic Uncertainty

A man walks past a logo of Alphabet Inc.'s Google in front of an office building in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 1, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Google has announced it is pushing back the date when employees will be required to head back to offices, citing uncertainty around the dynamics of the outbreak.

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., which owns Google, said in an Aug. 31 blog post that the tech giant is extending its current voluntary return-to-office policy until Jan. 10 to “give more Googlers flexibility and choice as they ramp back.”