Beginning in December, the technology company will require its employees to work five days a week in the office, the company announced to its staff at a town hall on Thursday ( Oct 24 ).  ,
Staff confirmed that the mission will begin on December 2 under the condition of anonymity.  ,
They claimed that the rationale behind the decision, which was explained at the town hall, was to encourage more cooperation and connections in the office.
One worker told CNA that she had a suspicion that this would be the case because the business had been “ramping up” taking the business back in the middle of last year.  ,
She said that Grab began to take a stricter attitude on working from the company earlier this year.
” They said there would be disciplinary action against those who do n’t comply ( with return-to-office mandates )”, said the employee in her 30s, who has been working with the company for three years.  ,
Now, she works three times a week in the company and two times from home.  ,
Two decades post-pandemic, more firms have summoned workers back to the office. Starting second year, tech giant Amazon mandated a five business days a year plan last quarter.  ,
When Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk implemented a stringent return-to-office policy in 2022, which mandated employees to spend at least forty hours a week in the office, like post-pandemic mandates were in the spotlight.
When asked if the company’s mandate is similar to Tesla’s, the employee said the company will” still accommodate flexible hours and extraordinary private circumstances.”  ,