Facebook’s Remote Work Strategy for 2020 and Beyond
Highlights and insights from Zuckerberg’s live employee address
Facebook was one of the first companies to implement remote work at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, advising its nearly 50,000 employees to start working from home as early as March 6.
More than ten weeks later, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted a status update sharing how his employees have adapted to working from home. He also disclosed details on Facebook’s long-term remote work strategy, goals, and challenges in a one-hour public town hall.
Here are the five biggest takeaways from the call, where he explained how his company will implement a “thoughtful and measured approach” to adopting remote work over the coming decade.
1. Half of Facebook’s workforce will be remote within 5–10 years.
Although 95% of Facebook’s employees are allowed to work from home through the end of 2020, that won’t be the case forever. Zuckerberg said that the company is keeping its existing real estate and looking forward to reopening offices as soon as possible — even at partial capacity.
Regardless, Zuckerberg acknowledged that remote work is here to stay. He considers Facebook to be a “north star”…
