Overview

• The change, circulated internally over the summer and now in effect, deducts a full week from an employee’s annual WFA balance for any single WFA day.
• Google’s separate hybrid setup remains unchanged, allowing two regular work-from-home days each week.
• WFA cannot be used for working from home, nearby locations, or Google offices in other states or countries, and employees may be required to follow the local time zone’s business hours.
• Policy violations can lead to disciplinary action up to termination, with some roles such as data‑center staff noted as potential exemptions.
• Employees raised questions at an all-hands about the stricter accounting, and the shift tracks broader tech moves, with Microsoft moving to three in-office days and Amazon requiring five.