2 weeks Ago By Rhiannon Lewin
Supermarket giant Coles has announced a change in its working-from-home policy for staff based in the company’s Melbourne head office. Starting next week, all head office staff need to work in the office one day per week, chief executive Leah Weckert told staff in a memo. The changes are expected to be gradual over the next six months.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today By the end of this time, staff will be required to be in the office three days a week, with one of those days being a Monday or Friday. “In recognising the diversity of our workforce, each team will transition to our new ways of working at a pace that suits them, allowing time to plan and adjust,” Weckert said. “I encourage you to consider any arrangement you may need to make to facilitate our new ways of working.
” The head office, is in Hawthorn East, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. However about 5000 Coles employees are office-based across the country. Many Coles office employees have already returned to the support centres for a few days each week, a Coles spokesperson said.
“We know that flexibility is important to our team and it’s part of what makes Coles a great place to work,” they said. “To ensure we continue to meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders, we are changing our working arrangements in our store support centres. “This change balances our commitment to flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration and the needs of our team and operations into the future.
” Coles joins a handful of companies to make changes to working-from-home rules since the pandemic. Amazon, the NSW government, Dell and Tabcorp have all recently ordered staff back into their offices. 7NEWS.
com.au has contacted Coles for further comment..
