With more than 90 of Apple’s 271 outlets in the U.S. closed once more Due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to a Monday report on Bloomberg. Apple also reportedly hopes its plan return quickly their head office workforce is no longer feasible and those who work remotely should plan to do so until 2021.
Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and people, told workers in a video over the weekend that “if your store is closed, sign up for Retail at Home,” according to Bloomberg. She added: “… Please speak to your manager, because we really need to make sure that we switch our teams to greet our clients remotely at this time.” We may need to work remotely for a period of time. “
O’Brien said in the video that “significant wait times” have become an issue due to the closings and that “people really depend on their devices, especially right now.” Switching to online roles means that retail workers will help facilitate online sales and customer service requests from your home, away from your usual workplaces.
According to Bloomberg, workers who remain in the store will receive laces that can be customized with Memoji, Apple’s 3D avatar system, as a substitute for faces covered in masks.
In April and In May, it was reported that Apple was considering a faster return to its vacant offices than rival companies like Facebook and Google, which have stated that they intend to allow customers to work from home on a long-term basis, with Apple planning to return workers who are unable to effectively perform their work from home to a major location beginning in June, and begin bringing in large numbers of staff globally in July.
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It turned out to be a bad bet: the pandemic situation has worsened considerably since then in terms of absolute volume of cases., with the New York Times reporting an average of more than 58,000 cases have been confirmed per day in the last week and almost 3.4 million cases have been recorded confirmed across the country. In California one of the many states that failed plans to reopen closed businesses, the pandemic now threatens overwhelm hospitals and Governor Gavin Newsom has orderly reversals of the reopening process. Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, in Santa Clara County, which is one of the regions of California where many companies are expected close again on Wednesday.
According to Bloomberg, Apple told staff in a memo that a full return to offices is unlikely by the end of 2020, although some workers who cannot work remotely, such as hardware developers, may still obtain authorization to return under rules that “significantly limit total occupancy”.
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