In-person work ‘essential’ for employees, says senior Apple executive

Apple CEO Tim Cook last month sent a memo where he wrote that most employees will be asked to report to office for three days a week — Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“For all that we’ve been able to achieve while many of us have been separated, the truth is that there has been something essential missing from this past year: each other,” Cook said in the email. “Video conference calling has narrowed the distance between us, to be sure, but there are things it simply cannot replicate.”