Following a spike in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, tech giant Google is delaying or canceling return-to-work plans for most employees until mid-January, coupled with mandating all staff to get vaccinated once its enormous campuses are completely reopened.

As the pandemic persists, the Alphabet Inc., unit said that it wants to give staff greater freedom. It will give employees breaks on Oct. 22 and Dec. 17 this year to ‘reset and recharge’, in addition to delaying its return to work.

By doing so, the tech giant is pooling more time for its global voluntary return to office policy.

Since the conditions are being loosened up in some locations where the cases are dropping down, and some locations still have stricter restrictions due to increasing cases, overall pertaining to the uncertainty of the coronavirus.

Google will allow its staff to work from home until at least July of next year, making it the first big U.S. firm to do so in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Nearly all of Google's parent company’s full-time and contract employees will be affected by the change. Its decision is certain to have an impact on other tech behemoths that have workers scheduled to return as early as January.

Despite the fact that lockdowns are beginning to lift around the world, businesses are still hesitant to uncurl their offices. Because certain types of work lend themselves to the hybrid working style, while others require in-person presence.

This is true for most IT companies, as well as others since they require labs and equipment that cannot be run or managed in conventional household settings. As a result, tech companies are wobbling between these groups in order to keep the work and money flowing. Here's how each one adjusts its functioning methods to the present situation.

Although the road ahead may be longer and bumpier than we had intended, I am confident that we will all make it through together. It's encouraging to see Googlers returning to more offices throughout the world,” Pichai remarked. “For many of us, being able to reconnect in person has been re-energizing, and it will help us be even more productive in the weeks and months ahead.”

He also pledged a 30-day notice before employees are asked to return to work. Google has postponed its comeback plans for the second time in less than a month; the first time was in late July when it also disclosed its vaccine mandate. Google employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is based in Mountain View, California.

In July, Google postponed most employees' return to work until mid-October and announced a policy requiring everyone to be vaccinated once the company's extensive facilities are completely restored. When the offices are completely reopened, everyone who works there will be required to be vaccinated, according to Pichai.