Epic Advanced Implementation, All SQEX Employees Begin Permanent Home Office in December | 4Gamers

Epic advanced deployment, SQUARE ENIX announced today (25) that it will launch a permanent home office system starting December 1st; the first month goal is to reach 80% of employee bookings for choosing to work from home (Home Base).

The new system applies to SQUARE ENIX Holdings and Luminous Productions and all its subsidiaries.

Permanent home office system launched by SQEX provides“Work at home”、“Working in an office”Two options: take “work from home” as an example, work at home on average 3 or more days a week, and so on. Employees can freely choose each month based on their work status, such as working from home this month and working in the company the next month.

Depending on the type of work, you can only work in the department of the company, which is also designated by the head of each department.

Regarding the implementation of this large-scale system, SQEX pointed out in the statement that since the outbreak of the 2020 epidemic, although work from home, online meetings, time segmentation, etc. have been implemented since February, the internal investigation conducted in June, About 80% of employees rate the possibility of working from home positively.

After considering the applicability of games, publishing, music and other activities covered by SQEX to work at home, we then proceeded to develop a new system. SQEX plans to allow employees to freely choose their workplace for a monthly period and to provide a more acceptable work system for both management and employees.

The Tokyo outbreak is severe and game development has a huge impact

This year, due to the impact of the outbreak, game development around the world has had a huge impact. Take “FFXIV” as an example. Previously, due to the impact of the outbreak, there was a delay in the patch update plan. Will SQEX need more buffer time after launching a new complete home office system in the future? Also unknown. However, this is indeed a good thing for employees to be able to choose their work environment more freely and ensure personal safety.

The recent outbreak in Tokyo is still severe: 401 people have been diagnosed today, bringing the cumulative number to 38,598, and the cumulative number of seriously ill patients admitted to hospital has reached 54. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike urged the public to reduce unnecessary outings and, from November 28 to December 17, to shorten the opening hours of restaurants that provide alcoholic drinks and karaoke until ten in the evening.