Google-parent Alphabet on Monday confirmed that it is delaying the return of workers to its offices until at least September 2021 and is testing “flexible work weeks” for the longer term. In an email on Sunday to Google workers, Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai said that the company is exploring a schedule combining “collaboration” days in the office with days of working from home. The New York Times quoted Pichai’s email as reading “We are testing a hypothesis that a flexible work model will lead to greater productivity, collaboration, and well-being.” Pichai noted that no company the s…
