On 04 February 2021, US food giant PepsiCo’s German subsidiary, PepsiCo Deutschland, announced it had signed a teleworking ‘Mobile Working Policy’ agreement with its Works Council. The agreement allows every teleworking eligible employee to freely choose his/her workplace (in Germany) and to adjust working hours as he/she sees fit. Furthermore, these employees are entitled to work from home at least three days per week. Interviewed by Planet Labor, Adriana Cerami, PepsiCo Deutschland Communications Lead, explained the company agreement aims to offer employees maximum flexibility and freedom of choice, while striving to protect them from teleworking-related health and safety risks.
Like millions of other workers in Germany, all PepsiCo Deutschland office workers, or about two-thirds of the company’s approximately 500 employees in Germany, are currently working from home. However, when this latest round of lockdown arrangements is lifted, many of these employees are expected to continue working from home. “The employee survey we conducted in June 2020 showed that a large proportion of our staff would like to continue enjoying flexible working arrangements that allow them to work from home an average of two to three days a week,” the PepsiCo Deutschland Communications Lead detailed.
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