Facebook is leaning into the work-from-home trend caused by Covid-19, as it weighs a more permanent remote work strategy for its employees across the country.
The social media giant announced that it would be creating new company hubs in Denver, Dallas and Atlanta as part of a move to decentralize is workforce, Tech Crunch reports.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg added that he expects about half of Facebook employees to work remotely full time over the next decade.
“When you limit hiring to people who live in a small number of big cities, or are willing to move there, that cuts out a lot of people who live in different communities, have different backgrounds, have different perspectives,” Zuckerberg said in a live-streamed town hall.
At this point, there are few details on how many jobs or what types of roles Facebook would fill in Denver. The company opened its first large office in Denver in late 2018, occupying 23,663 square feet of space downtown.
Since then, the company has grown to approximately 100 employees and has planned additional growth.
According to an April story in the Denver Biz Journal, the company signed a lease expanding its current location in downtown Denver, doubling its total footprint in the building to 47,000 square feet.
The company didn't offer concrete hiring plans along with the new office, though it did expect to continue adding employees in Denver.
As Facebook begins reopening, Zuckerberg said that not all staff will be able to work remotely. Positions like hardware development, recruiting and data center operation will still work in-person due to the need for them to be on-site.
Kevin Cummings contributed to this story.
