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> If employees want to work from home beyond Sept. 1, they will need to formally apply for a max of 14 days annually

Somehow this sounds to me like: "Oh, and remember: next Friday... is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans."

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This statement as quoted is false. I'm guessing it is a misinterpretation of the policy that employees may work remotely from a different country for up to 14 days per year without approval. The announcement that came out yesterday stated that this policy has been reinstated. It does not apply to domestic WFH.

Source: I am an employee

That sounds like a legal thing. I'd guess some countries will require payroll tax withholding, company registration, etc for longer stays, also possibly depending on whether google has offices there, if you are a dual citizen, or whatever else, so they need to consider them case-by-case.

That's even more tiring than going to work everyday. Now you have to shop for a shirt that you'll probably never wear again.

It's an Office Space reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p8Ni1sXBLk

I'm gonna need every Dev who hasn't seen that movie to go ahead and watch it this Saturday. Oh, and if I could go ahead and get them to re-watch it on Sunday too, that'd be great.

It's one of my favourite films.

The weird thing is I watched it before going to college and now I am working for several years it still feels super-relevant to the modern workplace.

Same and same. The longer I work as a dev and the more times I watch it the funnier it gets.

Joke's on y'all, I wear floral shirts every day.

They're very underrated, I love them since the east coast is very humid and they breath much better than t-shirts.

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