- General Motors Co GM withdrew aspects of his return-to-the-office plans amid staff criticism.
- A Sept. 23 employee memo from CEO Mary Barra outlined plans for employees to return to the office three days a week, which is expected to come into effect later this year WSJ reports.
- Many employees viewed the change as a departure from the 2021 policy, which emphasizes flexibility and abandons office hours.
- On Sept. 27, a follow-up email attempted to clarify last week’s news, saying it raised “questions, concerns and misunderstandings” and postponed the return to office politics until the first quarter of next year.
- The email also clarified that the company would not mandate office workdays of the week. The policy will likely adhere to the three days in office requirement.
- GM will solidify its return-to-work plans by the end of October, the report added.
- “We intend to spend the next few weeks continuing to listen to your feedback,” the memo said. “Balancing the flexibility to ensure you can manage your life outside of GM is a primary consideration.”
- alphabet inc WELL Google Google Chief Sundar Pichai also remained defensive about his return to labor policy at a recent staff meeting.
- apple inc AAPL Employees resisted iPhone maker’s call to return to the office in September CEO Tim Cook had insisted on returning since June 2021, while the Covid resurgence delayed his plans.
- In May, a well-known machine learning computer scientist, Ian Goodfellow, left Apple for Google’s sister model DeepMind, reportedly due to Apple’s return-to-work policy.
- Tesla Inc TSLA Boss Elon Musk said “remote work is no longer acceptable” and threatened workers with termination.
- Price promotion: GM shares traded 1.09% lower at $34.33 on the last check Wednesday premarket.
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