The company will start by bringing 10% to 15% of workers in the office at any time. As it ramps up operations, Sundar Pichai said he believes the company will cap it at 20% to 30% of workers in the office at any time.
In late March, Amazon rolled out a dedicated section of its site for frontline workers to order PPE and other essential items. Next up, it hopes to deliver to businesses as they reopen.
"It is no secret that companies across Silicon Valley and the tech sector have struggled to increase diversity, and Google is no exception," the representatives wrote.
The expansion was a planned one, but comes at an important time. Several workers in fulfillment centers around the country have died from Covid-19, and many employees have pushed the company to do more to protect them from the virus while they're on the job.
Health Minister Matt Hancock pledged to recruit 18,000 contact tracers by mid-May, but there appears to be some confusion within the British government as to how many have actually been hired.
The ring light is all over Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and Twitter. As people stay home and record content and join calls, it has helped people look good.
Adam Mosseri, the head of Facebook's Instagram division, on Monday said that the $400 million acquisition of Giphy was not about acquiring the New York company's user data.
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