Google、Salesforce、Amazon、Apple和Meta等科技巨頭最近在他們的「混合工作政策」上進行了調整，雖然政策一致強調回到辦公室工作的重要性，不過各家公司在執行層面上亦「鬆緊不一」，讓我們在下文看看其中的不同之處。
✳️Google: 今天不打卡工作，明天努力找工作😨
Google 在上周三更新了混合工作政策，大部份員工每周3天必須回到辦公室工作。更新亦包括追蹤同事打卡記錄，並且將打卡納入員工的績效評估中。Google發言人稱其他此前獲得Remote Work 許可員工應重新考慮他們的決定。
✳️Salesforce: 同事自願返office，公司捐錢做慈善😇
Salesforce 要求員工每週在辦公室工作1 - 3天。Salesforce 亦會為每位回到辦公室工作的員工，按照他們的出席日數捐款給慈善機構。Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 在訪問時強烈批評強制要求員工返辦公室的做法，認為這「永遠不會奏效」，並指出「Work Anywhere Model」是公司在人才戰爭中的一個關鍵招聘優勢。
✳️Amazon: 返辦公室更有利於同事合作、學習和創新✍️
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy表示，員工每週至少要在辦公室工作3天，並稱回到辦公室能夠更好地促進合作、學習和創新。Amazon員工在上月31號舉行靜坐要求管理層重新審示決定，組織者估計單在Amazon西雅圖辦公室有超過1,000人參加抗議。
✳️Apple: 一星期返3日，唔返出warning🟥
Apple在3月時要求員工每週二、週四返辦公室，而每週的另一天則由經理選擇。員工打卡記錄若不足３天，將會處以紀律處分。匿名社交網絡Blind在其後對700名Apple員工進行的一項調查顯示，56%的員工正準備「用腳投票，劈炮唔撈」。
✳️Meta: 部分員工一星期返3日；年輕工程師返辦公室效率更高🏭
Meta於上周四亦更新了混合工作政策，要求部份員工一星期返3日。Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg 在訪問時指出：「績效數據表明，入行不久的年輕工程師在每週至少和團隊實體工作３天時，平均表現會更好。」
✳️員工返office，更難被外判取代🧑🏾💼
相信不少香港員工覺得因回到辦公室而示威「非常夢幻」（香港公司若有混合工作政策，多採取一星期１天／一個月２天WFH）。而 HR 行業專家廿亦指出「回到辦公室」對員工並非「百害而無一利」，分析指「當公司認為您的工作可以完全遠程執行，即您的崗位可以透過其他低收入國家的人才完全取代。回到辦公室可以保障崗位在地的價值，保護本地員工就業。」
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[Hybrid Work] 📢 Update on Hybrid Work Policies!
Learn about the latest WFH policies from tech giants:
Google, Salesforce, Amazon, Apple, and Meta have recently made adjustments to their "Hybrid Work Policies." While the policies all emphasize the importance of returning to the office, each company has different implementation approaches. Let's explore the differences below.
✳️Google: Don't clock in today, start looking for a new job tomorrow 😨
Last Wednesday, Google updated its Hybrid Work Policy, requiring most employees to work in the office three days a week. The update also includes tracking colleagues' clock-in records and incorporating them into employees' performance evaluations. A Google spokesperson mentioned that employees who had previously been granted Remote Work permissions should reconsider their decision.
✳️Salesforce: Colleagues returning to the office voluntarily, company donates money to charity 😇
Salesforce asks employees to work in the office for 1-3 days per week. Additionally, Salesforce will donate money to charitable organizations based on the number of days each employee works in the office. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff strongly criticized the practice of mandating employees to return to the office, stating that it "will never work." He pointed out that the "Work Anywhere Model" is a key recruiting advantage for the company in the talent war.
✳️Amazon: Returning to the office facilitates collaboration, learning, and innovation ✍️
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that employees must work in the office for at least three days per week, as it promotes better collaboration, learning, and innovation. Last month, Amazon employees held a sit-in protest, demanding management reconsider the decision. Organizers estimated that over 1,000 Amazon employees participated in the protest at the Amazon Seattle office alone.
✳️Apple: Return three days a week or face warnings 🟥
In March, Apple required employees to return to the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with managers choosing another day of the week. Employees who do not clock in for a minimum of three days per week will face disciplinary action. A survey conducted by the anonymous social network Blind with 700 Apple employees revealed that 56% of them are preparing to "vote with their feet" if the policy doesn't change.
✳️Meta: Some employees return three days a week; young engineers in particular 🏭
Meta also updated its Hybrid Work Policy last Thursday, requiring some employees to return three days a week. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated, "Performance data shows that young engineers who spend at least three days working physically with their teams each week tend to perform better on average."
✳️Returning to the office makes it harder to be replaced by outsourcing 🧑🏾💼
Many Hong Kong employees may find the idea of protesting due to returning to the office "unrealistic" (Hong Kong companies usually adopt a one-day-per-week or two-days-per-month WFH policy in a hybrid work setup). HR industry experts also pointed out that returning to the office is not without benefits for employees.
Analysis suggests that "when a company believes that your job can be fully executed remotely, it means your position can be entirely replaced by talent from other low-income countries. Returning to the office can ensure the local value of your position and protect local employees' jobs."
