Roblox says employees must return to office because the metaverse still isn’t good enough
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6FN2N)
Illustration: The Verge Roblox - a company that builds a hugely popular virtual experiences platform, recently introduced its own spin on video chat, and even created an in-Roblox career center - is transitioning away" from remote work and will be asking a number of our remote employees to begin working from our headquarters in San Mateo by next summer," CEO David Baszucki wrote in an email to staff shared publicly on Tuesday.
Like many other companies, Roblox will be shifting to a model where employees are expected to work three days in the office (Tuesday through Thursday). Staffers will have until January 16th, 2024, to decide if they want to stay on at the company under the new rules. If an employee chooses to stay at Roblox and relocate, the company...