It’s a good time to work for Shopify, as♈ the company is giving employees $1,000 to help them make the transition to working from home.
As the coronavirus pandemicꦿ spr👍eads around the country and globe, Shopify has joined the ranks of tech companies instructing their employees to 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 potentiall😼y 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 they 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 allowing employees to take home whatever office equipment they need to work from home.
Numerou꧂s companies have already announced work-from-home plans, and in the wake of President Trump’s address Wednesday night, that number is likely to grow.