/
Navigation
Chronicles
Browse all articles
Explore
Semantic exploration
Research
Entity momentum
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
Story Arc
Topic evolution
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
Posts
Analysis & commentary
Pulse API
Tech news intelligence API
Browse
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
TEXXR

Chronicles

The story behind the story

days · browse · Enter similar · o open

Google recommends all North American employees work remotely until at least April 10

New York (CNN Business)Google parent company Alphabet is recommending that all of its North America employees work from home through April 10 due to coronavirus, according to an email shown to CNN.

CNN Clare Duffy

Discussion

  • @sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x
    Contributing to social distancing if you are able to, helps the overall community spread and most importantly, will help offset the peak loads through critical healthcare systems and also saves it for people in need. (based on expert advice). Please contribute if you are able to …
  • @jolingkent Jo Ling Kent on x
    Confirmed — Google is recommending *all* of its North American employees work from home due to #coronavirus concerns. Biggest company to do this so far. Parent company Alphabet has more than 100,000 employees most of whom work in the US.
  • @inafried Ina Fried on x
    Google has also set up a fund to ensure sick pay for temporary workers, hourly workers and contractors globally. https://blog.google/...
  • @cc_chapman C.C. Chapman on x
    “Our goal is to reduce the density of people in offices, which expert advice suggests may slow down the spread of #COVID-19 and reduce the burden on the local community and health resources.” - @Google https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @robaeprice Rob Price on x
    Scoop: Google is now recommending all of its tens of thousands of North American employees work from home due to COVID-19. It's one of the biggest remote-work orders by any company to date. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
  • @ekp Ellen K. Pao on x
    Kudos to Google for proactively offering paid sick leave to all employees, including temporary staff and vendors https://twitter.com/...
  • @martinvars Martin Varsavsky on x
    In the USA tech platforms do what in other countries the government does. Soon they will be testing patients for coronavirus. https://twitter.com/...
  • @sullycnbc Brian Sullivan on x
    Completely empty massive google campus will be something to see https://twitter.com/...
  • @ninaandtito K. Louise Neufeld on x
    This is what corporate responsibility looks like. And y'all KNOW how I feel about Google. Maybe they're trying to reclaim their old motto: don't be evil. https://twitter.com/...
  • @jetscott Scott Stein on x
    It's only Tuesday https://twitter.com/...
  • @carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on x
    Starting to think Google may know a thing or two about data and virality. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/...
  • @robotbeat Chris on x
    I feel like we haven't really grasped the higher order effects of this. https://twitter.com/...