#1. Bye bye Silicon Valley. Hello global workforce.
Some tech companies in Silicon Valley are having second thoughts about abandoning their offices and letting everyone work from home now that lockdown restrictions are easing. Companies like Google have requested employees slowly come back to the office, while others, like Spotify, have let their workers set up offices anywhere in the world. In the latest report in BBC, one tech entrepreneur is making the case for an end to offices. The chief executive of the note-taking app Evernote, Phil Libin, even banned video meetings because he believed people needed be in the room to make a proper contribution. But now, his perspective has shifted completely. In fact, he’s told workers there may never be an office for them to attend. Read more here.