Google Joins Microsoft in Curbing Remote Work Freedoms
With this news, Google becomes the second major tech company to introduce new restrictions to its existing remote working policy in the space of a month. A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it was to bring its employees back to the office three days per week, with the mandate happening in three phases, beginning on February 23, 2026.
Earlier this year, meanwhile, Amazon officially ended its remote working arrangements, mandating that all employees must return to the office on a full-time basis.
For Google employees who enjoy the freedoms of flexible working, the writing has been on the wall for some time. The company began offering employees voluntary redundancy at the start of the year, while also notifying fully remote workers that their jobs might be at risk if they didn’t start adhering to a hybrid working model.
