Employees raised their complaints at a company all-hands last Thursday, submitting questions through a system called Dory. Two popular questions involved remote work, according to Insider.
“Google made record profits through the pandemic (and WFH), traffic has already increased (at least in Bay Area) with gas prices at record high, and people have different preferences for WFH vs work from office,” one question said. “Why is the RTO policy not ‘Work from office when you want or when it makes sense to?'” Another submitter said some teams “blanket ban” remote work, with Google rejecting applications “even if managers are supportive.”
Workers told Insider that Google’s remote work policies felt arbitrary. One employee said a colleague was barred from remote work even though their manager was allowed to work from home. Bay Area employees who wish to work remotely from other states might face pay cuts: Google will lower pay if employees relocate to cities like Durham, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas.
This isn’t the first time Google’s remote work plans have upset its employees. In July, CNET reported that employees were angered by “hypocritical” remote work policies, allowing senior executive Urs Hölzle to work indefinitely from New Zealand while lower-level employees had to go through an application process.
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Time for Google folks to quit and go elsewhere and free up some jobs.
