Google pushes its return-to-office date to January

The company has already approvedthousands of employees' requests to continue working remotely or to change locations.

Google offices are currently open and are allowing people to come back on a voluntary basis.

Pichai said the extension of the company’s return-to-office date will give employees more flexibility when coming back.

The announcement rankled lower-level workers because they said he had in the past been unsupportive of remote work.

Under the new structure, 20% of the company would work remotely.

Another 20% could work from new locations.

The other 60% would continue working from their normal office.

In June, Googlerolled out an internal toolthat calculates compensation adjustments based on relocations.