{"id":1127167,"date":"2021-12-17T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127167"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:29:03","slug":"omicron-emptying-offices-college-goes-remote-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-emptying-offices-college-goes-remote-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Emptying Offices, College Goes Remote Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fomicron-emptying-offices-college-goes-remote-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127167&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Universities and workplaces across the country are once again going remote as the coronavirus omicron variant spreads across the country.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Cornell University&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2021\/12\/14\/1064197606\/cornell-university-omicron-campus-shut-down-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;the shutdown of its Ithaca, New York, campus, moving to \u201calert level red,\u201d after reporting 469 active student virus cases.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile faculty and staff case numbers currently remain low, just last evening our COVID-19 testing lab team identified evidence of the highly contagious Omicron variant in a significant number of Monday\u2019s positive student samples,\u201d the university&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/statements.cornell.edu\/2021\/20211214-LTBmB1-ithaca-alert.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Public Schools, the biggest school system in the nation,&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-16\/here-we-go-again-nyc-shows-canceled-cases-rise-offices-empty?srnd=premium&amp;sref=Hpp1MmFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down<\/a>&nbsp;three schools and 1,700 classes since the end of November. This is on top of the three schools and 2,500 classrooms closed between the start of the fall semester and November.<\/p>\n<p>The latest wave of closures also impacted New York City\u2019s financial district. While it is not a traditional \u201clockdown\u201d because businesses are not closing their doors entirely, many are making remote work an option for their employees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19166834\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-biden-mask-omicron-coronavirus-wh-121621-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19166834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-biden-mask-omicron-coronavirus-wh-121621-getty.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden made a brief statement to the press regarding the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 16, 2021, in Washington, DC. Biden made a brief statement to the press regarding the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blackstone and Carlyle Group both gave their staffers the option to work from home this week. \u201cOut of an abundance of caution, we are encouraging our people to work from home for the remainder of the year,\u201d Carlyle Group&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-16\/citadel-tells-staff-they-can-work-remotely-through-end-of-year?srnd=premium&amp;sref=Hpp1MmFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement. \u201cWe plan to return to our hybrid approach in the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citadel also gives staff the option to work remotely for the next several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, who pushed his employees to return to the office over the summer, recently&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-16\/-i-was-wrong-omicron-wrecks-ceos-plans-for-u-s-office-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;CNBC, \u201cI was wrong on this. Everybody\u2019s still finding their way and then you get the omicron variant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Bank of Montreal, Citigroup, and Jefferies Financial Group have all instructed their employees to work remotely. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co announced their annual healthcare conference online in January.<\/p>\n<p>In October, a Partnership for New York City survey anticipated half of office workers would be back in the office by the end of January. However, the partnership\u2019s president&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-16\/here-we-go-again-nyc-shows-canceled-cases-rise-offices-empty?srnd=premium&amp;sref=Hpp1MmFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believes<\/a>&nbsp;the number is now \u201cquestionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the list of closures is Broadway, which&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/16\/1065015609\/theater-performances-canceled-covid-broadway-west-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled<\/a>&nbsp;multiple shows this week due to an increase in coronavirus cases. Broadway reopened in September after an 18-month shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>In Silicon Valley, many businesses are making the same moves as the financial titans in New York City. On Wednesday, Apple&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/12\/15\/apple-delays-corporate-return-to-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shifted<\/a>&nbsp;its return to office date from February 1 to a date \u201cyet to be determined.\u201d Apple joins Uber and Google on the list of tech companies who have all but given up on immediate plans to return to the office.<\/p>\n<p>If businesses and institutions nationwide follow these company\u2019s lead, remote work could quickly become a trend across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universities and workplaces across the country are once again going remote as the coronavirus omicron variant spreads across the country. 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