As the global pandemic progresses, we see a slew of tech companies considering making remote working an option for their employees, even after covidNow Spotify is on board: DEn Friday, the company announced the rollout of its Work From Anywhere program, dat will the thousands of Spotify employees in the area the world the freedom to work wherever and however they want.
“We have discussed the future of work and what it looks like for a few years and have always come to the conclusion that globalization and digitalization are drivers for a more flexible workplace, ”Spotify said in its announcement“That’s better for both the company and our people.”
The fundamental core described on Spotify’s HR blog is this: W.ith one manager approval, Spotifyers can mix and match their schedules to work from home, from the office, or a combination of the two.
These employees also get more flexibility when it comes to determining where they work. If someone who is really looking for office space happens to choose a location that is not near any of the 48 different Spotify offices in more than a dozen countries, the company will set them up with a membership to a coworking space somewhere nearbyThat said, this is not a permit to just fly anywhere in the world – Spotify notes in its announcement that there are “some restrictions” on where employees can go just because of “time zone issues and regional entity laws.”
“The ultimate goal of our new design approach is to ensure that employees have a place where they can focus, collaborate and create, whether at a desk, in a conference room or in café areas,” explains Spotify.
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In explaining the rationale behind the new program, the company has added those are employees effectiveness’cannot be measured by the number of hours people spend in the office, “and that” work is not something our people come to the office for, it is something they To do.”
While not every industry can offer this kind of flexibility, has the tech sector embraced the WFH lifestyle in the course of the pandemic. Earlier this week, for example the cloud giant Salesforce announced a similar policy change to that of Spotify, causing his tens of thousands of employees have the option of being completely remote, fully in the office or a combination of the two. This comes on the heels of other companies such as Shopify Twitter and Square give them employees the option to work remotely for as long as they want, even after their office eventually reopens. There is even one going on crowdsourced Github project maintaining the constantly updated list of technology companies that allow their employees to work from home permanently. So far we’re at nine, but we wouldn’t be surprised if that list gets longer.