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Tech firm Fujitsu has said it will halve its office space in Japan as it adjusts to the “new normal” of the coronavirus pandemic.
He says the “Work Life Shift” program will offer unprecedented flexibility to its 80,000 workers in the country.
Staff will be able to work flexible hours, and working from home will be standard whenever possible.
The announcement follows a similar move in May on the social media platform Twitter.
In a statement sent to the BBC, Fujitsu said, “It will introduce a new way of working that promises a more powerful, productive and creative experience for employees that will drive innovation and bring new value to their customers and to society.”
Under the plan, employees “will primarily begin working remotely to achieve a work style that allows them to use their time flexibly based on their job content, business roles, and lifestyle.”
The company also said the program will allow staff to choose where to work, whether it’s from home, a major corporate center, or a satellite office.
Fujitsu believes that the greater autonomy offered to its workers will help improve equipment performance and increase productivity.
- Twitter allows staff to work from home ‘forever’
- Facebook and Google extend work from home
In May, Twitter told staff that they can work from home “forever” if they wish, as the company looks to the future after the coronavirus pandemic.
The social media platform said, “The past few months have shown that we can make that work. So if our employees have a role and a situation that allows them to work from home and want to continue doing so forever, we will make it happen.”
At the time, Sree Sreenivasan, a visiting professor of digital innovation at Loeb at Stony Brook University School of Journalism, said it was “news defining the era.”
“Some people may not take this seriously as it’s Twitter, but we can learn a lot from Silicon Valley about flexibility in the workplace. There has been a mindset that working from home was robbing the boss and that the time in the office was more important, “he added. .
Earlier that month, Google and Facebook said their staff can work from home until the end of the year.
Originally, Google said it would keep its domestic policy work until June 1, but extended it for another seven months.
His announcement coincided with a similar move by social media giant Facebook.
