SEATTLE – The superintendent for Seattle Public Schools has announced that employees are now expected to return to in-person work, ending an era of post-pandemic work from home options. Major companies in the Seattle area have also recently ended remote work, such as Amazon and Microsoft, causing traffic headaches on area roads.
After six years of allowing SPS employees in various positions to work remotely, Superintendent Ben Shuldiner says now is the time to sunset the policy, except for cases where legal or medical exceptions apply.
Beginning this week, those employees who work from home are expected to begin making plans to transition back to in-person work by July 1. At that point, they will be asked to return five days a week.…