Google employees oppose the vaccination requirement
Hundreds of Google employees are opposing the company's wide-ranging Covid-19 vaccination requirement, complicating its efforts to terminate telecommuting and return to the office.
According to CNBC, a manifesto signed by more than 600 employees created an uproar in the company. In the document, workers ask the tech company to present an alternative protocol that is " comprehensive for all googlers ". They are also urging their colleagues to oppose obtaining vaccines on " principle " in the face of looming deadlines.
While the U.S. federal obligation for employers is currently in litigation and blocked, Google has taken President Joe Biden's advice and is implementing it anyway. The company has asked more than 150,000 employees in the United States to update their vaccination status to an internal system by December 3, while any medical or religious exemptions must be filed first.
Google requires all employees who will work directly or indirectly on government contracts to be vaccinated, regardless of whether they work remotely or not. Much of the tech company's staff was shifted to remote work during the coronavirus pandemic, and officials within the company now say the vaccine efforts are an attempt to "allow safe return" to its offices. In a statement in response to criticism of the mandate, the company showed no signs of letting up, saying we "strongly support" behind the vaccine policy.
Starting in January, Google employees are expected to work in person in their offices at least part-time every week.
According to the manifesto, Google's mandate goes too far in including employees who work remotely. In an email sent to employees, Chris Rackow, the company's vice president of global security, said regular testing would not be a sufficient alternative to vaccines for these employees.
The poster's authors also argued that Google could encourage discrimination, as not being vaccinated would be one of the few reasons to be excluded from the company's workspaces. So a company that prides itself on its correctness, at least in theory, would actually be discriminated against.
"It justifies the principle that a division and unequal treatment of Googlers is possible on the basis of their personal convictions and decisions", reads the manifesto. "The implications are chilling." In the face of the good-natured purposes of the company.
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