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\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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10 Feb, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Salesforce<\/a>\u00a0is redesigning its office culture and giving employees more choice around when and where they work.<\/p>\n

The cloud giant declared the 9-to-5 workday “dead” in\u00a0a blog post on Tuesday<\/a>,\u00a0claiming its demise would lead to a greater work-life balance and, ultimately, a better business. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nGoing forward, Salesforce employees will have the choice of three working models; flex, fully remote\u00a0and office-based. For those that work under the ‘Flex’ bracket, which Salesforce suggests will be the majority of its employees, their time in the office will be between one and three days a week, mostly for collaborative projects, customer meetings and presentations. Otherwise, they will work remotely.<\/p>\n

There will also be an option to\u00a0work remotely<\/a>\u00a0on a permanent basis to accommodate those that do not live in close proximity to a Salesforce office\u00a0and those who have jobs that are not dependent on office attendance.<\/p>\n

For a small group of workers, there is the option to work in the office four to five days a week if they are in roles that require it, potentially in segregated shifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“As we enter a new year, we must continue to go forward with agility, creativity and a beginner’s mind – and that includes how we cultivate our culture,” said Brent Hyder, president and chief people officer. “An immersive workspace is no longer limited to a desk in our towers; the 9-to-5 workday is dead, and the employee experience is about more than ping-pong tables and snacks.<\/p>\n

“We have an opportunity to create an even better workplace – one that allows us to be more connected to each other, find more balance between work and home, and advance equality – ultimately leading to increased innovation and better business outcomes.”<\/p>\n

Not everyone agrees that\u00a0remote working<\/a>\u00a0is the way forward, however. Both\u00a0Google<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0have expressed concerns about prolonged working from home and Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on Tuesday suggested that some people were tired of working from home. It’s worth noting that the only examples Robbins gave\u00a0were from Cisco employees, which he claimed were longing to get back into the office.<\/p>\n

“I think we sort of moved into that phase where people actually struggle mentally, people are – they’re not enjoying it,” Robbins said according to\u00a0CNBC<\/em><\/a>. “One of our employees said to me the other day, ‘I don’t mind the option of working from home. I don’t like being forced to work from home,'” he said.<\/p>\n

Unlike most tech firms, Cisco has struggled during the pandemic. The company this week reported a\u00a0decline in revenue\u00a0for the fifth quarter in a row, blaming a slowdown in infrastructure spending.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

10 Feb, 2021 <\/p>\n

Salesforce\u00a0is redesigning its office culture and giving employees more choice around when and where they work.
\nThe cloud giant declared the 9-to-5 workday “dead” in\u00a0a blog post on Tuesday,\u00a0clai…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41774,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41773\/revisions\/41774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}