It’s a good time to work for Shopi😼fy, as the company is giving e🎀mployees $1,000 to help them make the transition to working from home.
♋As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the country and globe, Shopify has joined the ranks of tech companies instructing their employees t🏅o work from home. The company made the announcement in a tweet:
As COVID-19 continues 🐭to impact people and countries around the world, Shopify will be going remote first starting March 16th. Working from home will help play a part in reducing the spread of the virus, and hopefully lessen its potentially huge burden on the healthcare system.
— Shopify (@Shopify)
According to sources, the company is going a step further by giving all of its employees $1,000 to buy what t🔯hey need to help furnish and set up their work-from-home space. It’s unclear how the company is doing this, whether in the form of a bonus or strictly by reimbursement. The company is also allowඣing employees to take home whatever office equipment they need to work from home.
Numerous companies have already announced work-from-home plans, and in the wake of President Trump’s address✤ Wednesday night, that number is li🔜kely to grow.