Apple CEO Tim Cook tells workers the return to workplaces will start on April eleventh

Apple will start phasing in its deliberate hybrid work pilot on April eleventh, bringing workers again to the workplace in the future per week to start out, in line with an e mail from CEO Tim Cook to Apple workers, which was seen by The Verge. Apple initially introduced its plans for a hybrid work pilot in November.

In the third week of the pilot, Cook writes, workers will are available twice per week, with the total hybrid pilot — the place staff will come into the workplace on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and work “flexibly” on Wednesday and Friday — would go into impact May twenty third. The timing might fluctuate from workplace to workplace relying on native circumstances, Cook added.

“For many of you, I know that returning to the office represents a long-awaited milestone and a positive sign that we can engage more fully with the colleagues who play such an important role in our lives,” he wrote. “For others, it may also be an unsettling change. I want you to know that we are deeply committed to giving you the support and flexibility that you need in this next phase.” He added that the hybrid plan contains an choice to work remotely for as much as 4 weeks a yr.

“As we begin this pilot, we are looking forward to learning as we go and adjusting where we need to, all in service of fostering a really collaborative and flexible approach to our work together,” Cook wrote. “In the coming weeks and months, we have an opportunity to combine the best of what we have learned about working remotely with the irreplaceable benefits of in-person collaboration.”

Cook additionally mentioned within the e mail that Apple’s retail shops will revert to being mask-optional “over the next few weeks.”

Apple has modified the return-to-office date a number of instances amid the ebb and movement of coronavirus instances and restrictions; most just lately, Apple “indefinitely delayed” the workplace return, which had been scheduled for February 1st. It’s additionally begun dropping masks necessities for Apple retail prospects in some areas.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Verge on Friday.