Twitter tells employees they can now work from home 'forever'

The CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey has informed all his employees that they can now work from home “forever” amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, the 43-year-old CEO of Twitter, informed all bis staffs, saying all in-person events would be cancelled as the company announced plans to adopt a permanent work from home structure amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

Each Employee would receive a sum of $1,000 allowance to equip themselves with the tools necessary to work from home. He said, adding that the office was unlikely to open before September.

Twitter said in a statement that it company was “one of the first companies to go to a Work From Home model in the face of COVID-19, but doesn’t anticipate being one of the first to return to offices.” 

Twitter said if employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from their various home and they want to continue doing this “forever,” then “we will make that happen.” 

“If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it’s safe to return,” the statement reads..

Twitter said offices won’t open before September, with very few exceptions.

Twitter added that when they do open it will be “careful, intentional, office by office and gradual.”

Twitter also said there will also be no business travel before September “with very few exceptions” and no in person company events for the rest of the year 2020. 

“We’re proud of the early action we took to protect the health of our employees and our communities. Twitter said it will remain their top priority as they work through the unknowns of the coming months,”.

The head of human resources Jennifer Christie at Twitter, also told Buzz feed News that the company would “never probably be the same” as it began allowing its employees to work from home during the initial months of the outbreak.

She said at a time that “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive that way,”. She also said “Managers who didn’t think they could manage teams that were remote will have a different perspective.”

She lastly added and said: “I do think we won’t go back.”