New Delhi: Apple has decided to call back employees under a new hybrid plan which will come into effect from February 2022. Apple CEO Tim Cook said company employees will be required to report to the office one to two days a week for the first month. Starting March, the tech giant will implement a hybrid work plan, the media has reported.
This means the company has set February 1, 2022, as the return date for its employees globally.
According to a report in NBC News, the Cupertino, California-based company is also increasing the number of times staffers can work remotely to four weeks per year.
Referring to an internal memo sent to staff by the company CEO, Apple wants staff to return to offices on February 1 to begin a 'hybrid work pilot'. The tech giant had earlier offered two weeks of remote work per year but added two more weeks to give 'more opportunity to travel, be closer to your loved ones, or simply shake up your routines', according to the internal memo. The employees will come to the office on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and they'll be able to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Meanwhile, Apple has slashed the production of the iPad by 50 per cent in the past two months due to the global supply crunch of chips. The iPhone maker is slashing production of the iPads to feed components to the newly launched iPhone 13, a previous report said.
Several components used in manufacturing of the iPhone and iPad are common, thus, giving Apple the liberty to shift supplies between devices in some cases. The common components include both peripheral and core chips.