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How is Google enticing employees to return to the office?

Answer: With free electric scooters.

A row of electric scooters.
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Google really, really wants its employees to come back to the office. So much so that it’s trying to incentivize them with e-scooters.

Google is partnering with e-scooter maker Unagi to make this happen. Google employees who are interested will be able to get a discounted monthly subscription for an Unagi scooter. Then, so long as they use it to commute to the office at least nine times a month, Google will reimburse them for that month’s subscription cost. Employees at Google’s Austin, Irvine, Kirkland, Mountain View, New York City, Playa Vista, Seattle and Sunnyvale offices are eligible.

“They know there’s apprehension amongst employees [about returning to the office],” said Unagi CEO and founder David Hyman. “People got really accustomed to working from home. And they’re just trying to do everything they can to improve the experience of coming back.”
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