Apple had planned that next February employees who are teleworking at home they will return to their corresponding jobs in the company offices. Well, yesterday these workers received the news that for now, they continue working from home.
And also Apple has also started to close again some of its North American Apple Stores. Two bad news that indicate that COVID-19 is far from exceeded in the US or the rest of the planet. Definitely two bad news, for what that means.
Last November, Apple employees who were telecommuting from home due to the happy COVID-19 pandemic, received a letter from the company advising them that they would begin to return to their face-to-face jobs as of February 1st from 2022.
It was certainly good news. It meant that little by little it was returning to normality, and that the happy virus was already controlled and overcome, mainly due to the massive vaccination of the population.
Well, yesterday these employees received another letter again. “Where I said I say, I say Diego” could be the title of it, since in it the company explains that due to the increase in infections and the appearance of the variant Omicron of COVID-19, they will continue working from their homes until further notice.
And to this bad news that relates Apple to the pandemic, we must add another. The company has temporarily closed this week three of its stores in the US and Canada due to the increase in infections in the area. They are the Apple Stores in Miami, Maryland and Otawa.
The new variant of Omicron now represents 3% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, which is undoubtedly raising new strategies to avoid contagion both in Apple and in other large companies, which already seemed to have been surpassed a few years ago. months. I said, two bad news, for what it means.
