As smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfed East Coast cities, Google advised employees in those areas to stay home.
Google advised its East Coast employees to work from home as wildfire smoke engulfed those areas on Wednesday.New York site leads also advised workers to avoid rigorous physical activity.Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets New York City affecting air quality on June 7th, 2023.is telling its East Coast employees to stay home as wildfire smoke fills the air in New York and other major cities.
Company site leads in New York wrote in a memo to workers in the area that air quality in many parts of the region had reached "unhealthy" levels, citing the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation. In New York, most employees have been expected to work from physical offices at least three days a week.
"We are advising Googlers to work from home if possible, and limit their exposure to outdoor air," according to the note, which was obtained by CNBC. "Terraces across our New York campus will remain closed today." According to NBC, the company issued advisory notices to workers in the Detroit area, Washington, D.C., Reston, Virginia, Pittsburgh and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. In Canada, which is on track to experience its worst-ever wildfire season, Google notified employees in the Ontario cities of Toronto and Waterloo.
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