Facebook employees won’t be returning to the office anytime soon

The social media giant is delaying the move to have all United Status employees return to the office until January, as the delta variant sweeps through the US.

The company has pushed back its plans to bring US employees back to the office due to concerns about rising COVID cases due to the delta variant.

The company had earlier announced plans to reopen US offices at 50 percent capacity by September. But that timeline has now been pushed back to January as cases have risen.

Facebook has now implemented strict vaccination and mask requirements for employees that are in the office, as the tech giant does all that it can to be a COVID-safe workplace.

Facebook made headlines in early 2020 for being one of the first workplaces  to close its offices

Whenever it does re-open, it’s likely that work will look and feel much different to many employees.

The company has said it will embrace remote work going forward, with Mark Zuckerberg saying that as much as 50 percent of the company’s workforce could remote in the next 5-10 years.