Facebook will begin 'aggressively' hiring remote workers and will allow current employees to apply to work remotely permanently — a sign of how the pandemic may permanently alter how companies operate.
Facebook's CEO says the company will begin"aggressively" hiring remote workers and allow current employees to request to work from home permanently.Facebook's CEO says the company will begin"aggressively" hiring remote workers and allow current employees to request to work from home permanently.
"We're going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work for our scale," Zuckerberg said."But we're going to do this in a way that is measured and thoughtful and responsible and in phases over time. ... Because this is fundamentally about changing our culture and the way that we all are going to work long term."
On Thursday, Zuckerberg said that an employee survey indicated a lot of interest in permanent remote work and that he saw benefits in allowing more people to shift away from offices. These benefits include recruiting talented staff who don't live near a current Facebook office, retaining employees who want to move and improving the diversity of the company's workforce.
Geographically, Facebook will first look to hire people in areas within a one- to four-hour drive of an existing office, such as Portland, Ore., San Diego, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The company is also looking to create new"hubs" with hundreds of remote workers in Atlanta, Dallas and Denver.
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