A number of US companies are reconsidering their decision to bring employees back to their offices amid rising infections of the delta strain. With details Christina Parcinevelos, Christina.
CRISTINA PARZINEVELOS, CNBC News correspondent: It’s true. The delta strain is disruptive the plans for how and when workers will return to offices. Nowadays, wearing masks is a requirement for employeesthem and customersthem in more than half of Apple’s US stores. Starting tomorrow, Walt Disney Company theme park visitors too will have to wear masks indoors.
It’s the same on Wall Street. According to CNBC correspondent Hugh Sonn, Citigroup is reintroducing mandatory wearing of masks in all offices of the financial conglomerate. CEOs are also rethinking plans for how often their employees should show up at their offices.
LISA SU, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Corporation: Some of our employees are returning to the office. But itva happens in too mobile and flexible format.
TOD MAKKINON, CEO of Okta: We have had a conversation with staff about this. 80 percent of them were in favor of flexible working hours, 35 percent were in favor of being able to work permanently from home.
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