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Twitter Makes Working From Home a Permanent Option for Some Employees

'The past few months have proven we can make that work,' a Twitter spokesperson said on the company's decision to make working from home a permanent option for some employees.

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Twitter’s experience during the pandemic has made the company realize it can let some employees work from home permanently. 

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday told staff they could continue to work from home, even after the pandemic lockdowns are lifted, according to BuzzFeed. Only people with jobs that require a physical presence, such as server maintenance, will need to come in. 

Employees at the San Francisco-based company have been working from home since March in response to the pandemic. “The past few months have proven we can make that work,” a Twitter spokesperson said. “So if our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen. If not, our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves, with some additional precautions, when we feel it’s safe to return.”

The news may be a sign of things to come for the tech industry, which largely employs software engineers and white-collar workers who can work remotely. The pandemic has sparked speculation it may be unnecessary for Silicon Valley firms to maintain large office spaces in the future and instead shift to maintaining workforces remotely. 

Other companies such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft were also quick to institute work-from-home policies due to the pandemic. Now they’ve been telling employees to remain at home until October or through the end of the year. 

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In Twitter’s case, the company has no plans to reopen offices before September, with only a few exceptions. “When we do decide to open offices, it also won’t be a snap back to the way it was before. It will be careful, intentional, office by office and gradual,” the spokesperson said.

The company has also canceled all in-person events for the year, and is refraining from sponsoring business travel until after August. Twitter employs about 4,900 workers. 

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I've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in San Francisco, but previously spent over five years in China, covering the country's technology sector.

Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

I also cover the PC graphics card market. Pandemic-era shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000. I'm now following how the AI-driven memory shortage is impacting the entire consumer electronics market. I'm always eager to learn more, so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tips.

The Best Tech I've Had:

  • My first video game console: a Nintendo Famicom
  • I loved my Sega Saturn despite PlayStation's popularity.
  • The iPod Video I received as a gift in college
  • Xbox 360 FTW
  • The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone I was proud to own.
  • The PC desktop I built in 2013, which still works to this day.

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