Apple plans to return more staff to offices in break from rivals

Apple is one of the ruling companies in the world of mobiles, laptops, ipads, etc. iPhone is designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Apple has released thirteen generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the thirteen major releases of the IOS operating system.

Apple Inc. plans to soon start returning more employees to its major global offices while other tech companies are continuing work-from-home policies through at least the end of 2020 due to COVID - 19.

The Cupertino,  California-based technology giant plans to bring back employees in phases to its offices, including them, in the Park campus in Silicon Valley, over a few months, according to people familiar with the plan. 

The first phase, which includes staff members who can't work remotely or are facing challenges working from home, has already begun in some regions globally . It will expand to major offices across late May and early June, Apple has told staff.

A second phase, scheduled to begin in July, will return even more employees to Apple's offices globally.  In the U.S., the company has locations in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Texas, San- Diego and Colorado. The return-to-work timelines are fluid and may change, particularly given local and state stay-at-home orders, said the people, who asked not to be identified talking about internal company matters.

This week, senior Apple managers are beginning to inform employees if they are in the first phase or a later part of the process. During the first phase, employees will either be asked to work from the office regularly or only for certain periods depending on their role, the company has told staff. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment.

Still, Apple's rivals also have employees who probably will need to return to their offices earlier. Facebook, Amazon & Google has allowed a select group of employees to work in their offices to keep operations that need to develop and tests products for release in the future.

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told employees in April that the company's return to work plan would be staggered. "We don't envision, at least today, everyone going back at the same time". Cook told employees in the virtual Town Hall meeting. "It may be different terms go back maybe people within a team go back at different times."

Apple began opening its U.S. retail stores this week starting with some locations in California, Alabama, Alaska &Idaho. t has already opened all of its stores in Australia, Austria, Switzerland, South Korea & Germany.Thousands of retail employees have worked from home as Applecare technical support representative while the stores have been closed.

The company also has corporate offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia & Australia