Apple's Tim Cook reportedly asks employees to return to office in September

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly would like to see Apple employees' faces back in the office beginning when summer ends. Cook would like employees to return to the office three days a week starting in early September, according to a Cook email to employees obtained by The Verge.

"For all that we've been able to achieve while many of us have been separated, the truth is that there has been something essential missing from this past year: each other," he wrote in the email, sent Wednesday morning. "Video conference calling has narrowed the distance between us, to be sure, but there are things it simply cannot replicate."

The company's offices have largely sat empty for the past year, its employees are working remotely, as businesses all over the world shuttered facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But as the number of deaths and new cases continues to decline in the US, many businesses are making plans to return to pre-pandemic office activity.

The change shouldn't come as a surprise to Apple employees. In December, Cook assured employees they wouldn't be expected to return to the office until this month, reasoning that there's "no replacement for face-to-face collaboration," according to a Bloomberg report.

https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-tim-cook-reportedly-asks-employees-to-return-to-office-in-september/

Or as Trump calls him, Tim Apple.

[Sherman A1]

1. Gotta justify all that office space

Many corporations are doing the math on this right now.

[hibbing]

2. Have to do something with a 5 billion dollar campus n/t

[honest.abe]

3. Our management is calling for 25% return to office in Sept for key people.

And phased return for the rest until around Dec - Jan for full return. I think that's reasonable.

[LanternWaste]

7. We've phased in from 25 to 100 percent over the past six months.

A nice, steady, slow transition. Gotta be honest-- it's a helluva lot better than working from home!

[PoliticAverse]

4. "there has been something essential missing from this past year:" monitoring and control. n/t

[liberal_mama]

6. Oh, yes, definitely the monitoring and control!

Gotta micro-manage the employees in person.

[MenloParque]

5. CUPERTINO

Most Apple senior engineers that I collaborate with at the Mothership and other Apple offices in the valley are already back in person. Some departments are doing hybrid. The parking lots at the Mothership and the old HQ at Mariani are almost full as of this morning.