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Google has asked its employees to share desks in its five largest U.S. locations, citing "real estate efficiency" and slow office return patterns.
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The new workspace plan, called "Cloud Office Evolution" or "CLOE", allows for pre-pandemic collaboration with the flexibility of hybrid work.
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Googlers are permitted to work from home a few days each week, and desks will be shared between multiple people, alternating days with designated partners.
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Google is transitioning to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest U.S. locations, citing "real estate efficiency" and slow office return patterns. The new workspace plan is called "Cloud Office Evolution" or "CLOE," which combines the best of pre-pandemic collaboration with the flexibility of hybrid work. The move comes as Google downsizes its real estate footprint amid broader cost-cutting, and some buildings will be vacated as a result.
Google asks some employees to share desks amid office downsizing - cnbc.com
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Workers will share their desks with fellow colleagues, the company confirmed to CBS MoneyWatch Thursday.
Googlers are permitted to work from home a few days each week, so many desks sit empty when only a fraction of staffers are doing their jobs from the company's offices.
Google asks workers to share desks amid mass layoffs
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Striving for “real estate efficiency,” Google has directed cloud employees at its biggest offices in the U.S. to alternate days with designated partners — so desks can be shared, CNBC ...
Googlers told to share desks: CNBC | LinkedIn
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