![]() ![]() Google spokesperson Lauren Skelly says the company keeps investing in offices, despite its hybrid model, because it believes “intentional, in-person collaboration is key to driving innovation, supporting creativity and solving complex problems.”Īs for Shopify, spokesperson Jackie Warren says the company is “digital by design,” but continues to “value highly intentional, in-person gatherings” a few times a year. Google and Shopify, for example, announced Toronto offices before the health crisis helped make remote and hybrid work widespread. “Some of this is momentum they had before the pandemic and plans they had that they are just following through with.” So why spend on new and often bigger offices most staff will only use half the time or less? There are several reasons, says John Trougakos, professor of organizational behaviour and human resources management at the University of Toronto. Read: Amazon open to more remote work post-pandemic Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has allowed all full-time employees to apply to work from home, if their jobs allow for remote work. even revealed 2,500 new hires announced in March would mostly be housed in a new downtown Toronto space larger than its current MaRS Discovery District home, but has declined to share its size or whereabouts. Inc.’s third Toronto office will soon expand from eight to 11 floors, though the e-commerce firm’s tech and corporate employees were told a year ago they can work remotely two days a week.įacebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. Google will similarly takeover a new building in Toronto, despite Sundar Pichai, parent company Alphabet Inc.’s chief executive officer, requiring staff work only three days a week in the office. Shopify’s impending move into The Well - a high-profile retail, office and residential development encompassing 3.1 hectares in downtown Toronto - makes it one of the many technology companies not backing away from new digs even as their leaders espouse hybrid or remote work arrangements that will have staff visiting an office much less frequently than they did pre-pandemic. Read: Amazon, Meta reassessing office expansions to accommodate hybrid work arrangements
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