Google’s Staff Get Pricey Fast Covid Tests While Contractors Wait

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Google’s Staff Get Pricey Fast Covid Tests While Contractors Wait

Bloomberg2022-01-12

Google offers its full-time employees working from home a supply of high-end instant Covid-19 tests. Meanwhile, the contract workers still coming into offices have to wait longer for results.The ...

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jojoc
·2022-01-12
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·2022-01-12
Prepare to be back to office norm
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·2022-01-12
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·2022-01-12
Strange… aren’t PCR tests more expensive with longer turnaround time than those rapidtests? Isn’t turnaround time important to clear staff to work on-site?
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