As a result of coronavirus pandemic, Salesforce, a leading cloud-based, software-as-a-service Company, announced that its employees may work from home until at least July 31.
Salesforce expects more than 65% of its workforce to come into the office only one to three days a week in the future, up from 40% before the pandemic.
Flex: When it’s safe to return to the office, employees around the globe will work flex. This means they’ll be in the office one to three days per week for team collaboration, customer meetings and presentations.
Fully Remote: For employees who don’t live near an office or have roles that don’t require an office, they will work remotely full-time.
Office-based: The smallest population of the workforce will work from an office location four to five days per week if they’re in roles that require it.
Amid the changes to traditional workplace models, many tech professionals have left the Bay area, opting to work from more affordable cities now that jobs provide more flexibility. The most common destination for tech workers leaving the Bay is Austin, Texas, followed by Seattle, New York, and Chicago, according to moveBuddha, a site that compiles data on moving.
These decisions made by top tech companies show the new direction of corporate America—post pandemic. It reveals that businesses are spending large amounts of money on building or acquiring real estate, in the belief that the new working style will include a hybrid combination of being both in an office for a few days a week and remotely the rest of the time.