Google, Facebook, Twitter to pay hourly workers as offices go remote - Business Insider

Google, Facebook, and Twitter said they will continue to pay hourly workers even if remote work policies and office closures in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak reduce staffing needs,As COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the Bay Area and Seattle, many tech companies are implementing work-from-home policies, leaving massive office buildings largely empty.

"Facebook will pay contingent workers that cannot work due to reduced staffing requirements during voluntary work from home, when we close an office, when we choose to send an employee home, or when they are sick," a spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider. A Twitter spokesperson told Business Insider: "For contractors and hourly workers who are not able to perform their responsibilities from home, Twitter will continue to pay their labor costs to cover standard working hours while Twitter's WFH guidance and/or travel restrictions related to their assigned office are in effect."

Wow

you know what, there's even more to help both keep people in their homes, lessen car accidents, and at the same time increase tourism. Or could have if they didnt blow the coronavirus thing out of proportion and now they probably have to wait like 2 years to calm down the mass

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