Apple Encourages Employees to Work From Home

Apple Park
Survival of the fittest.

Apple is encouraging employees at its Apple Park headquarters to work from home due to the coronavirus (via BusinessInsider).

Working From Home

Apple is the latest company to encourage people to work from home due to the coronavirus. Other companies include Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Right now there are 20 confirmed cases of the virus in Santa Clara county, which is where many tech companies are based.

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Apple also faces hits to its supply chain in China, where the virus originated. The company also recently pulled out of SXSW 2020.

Further Reading

[Apple Backs Out of SXSW 2020 Over Coronavirus]

[Apple And Broadcom Fail in Bid to Invalidate Caltech Patent Related to $1.1 Billion Verdict]

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  1. Lee Dronick Subscriber 6 years ago

    Retail store workers?

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    1. Andrew Orr Author 6 years ago

      So far it sounds like it’s just direct employees. Stores may have to do this on an individual basis.

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