On April 11, Apple Wants Its Corporate Staff Back At Work

As per the memo sent by CEO Tim Cook on Friday, employees will be required to work from the office at least one day per week by April 11.

By 3-weeks after April 11, employees will be expected in the office twice per week. And on May 23, employees will need to be in the office at least 3 days a week—on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Since last June, the company has been trying to bring employees back to the office but had postponed the return deadline several times as COVID cases surged during fall and winter.

Before scrapping its return plans indefinitely in December, Apple had previously delayed September, October, January, and February deadlines. A hybrid pilot program by Apple will also give employees an additional month of work-from-home time for the year.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google recently adopted a similar policy, requiring employees to work from the office 3 days per week.

Some companies, like Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter Inc., have been less strict, allowing some employees to work from home indefinitely despite having corporate offices.

Apple has begun to phase out its requirement that shoppers and employees wear masks in retail stores, and office workers in some regions are no longer required to wear masks.

The Cupertino, California-based company has also doubled its COVID-19 testing to twice per week for all employees. Cook said Friday that masks would become optional at most U.S. sites in the coming weeks.

Apple has corporate offices worldwide, including in Silicon Valley, London, and Japan. It has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Boulder, New York, and Miami.