Google wants its employees to come back to work, and to lure them into the offices, it is offering them free electric scooters to ease their commute.
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The search engine giant has teamed up with electric scooter maker Unagi where Google employees can get reimbursed for the full cost of a monthly subscription to Unagi¡¯s scooters. The program is dubbed ¡®Ride Scoot¡¯ and offers its Model One scooter that sells at a price tag of $990.
Unagi founder and CEO, David Hyman says that the idea behind this collaboration was to make the commute of Google employees simpler, or at least their journey till the nearest Google shuttle stops.?
Employees will have to sign up for the subscription plan at $44.10 per month plus a $50 enrollment fee, all of which will be reimbursed by the company. Employees will also get the option to add the scooter as a transportation option.?
However, there is one major asterisk for claiming the reimbursement -- they must ride it for at least nine commutes per month to be eligible for reimbursement. It has promised not to track its employees about their whereabouts.?
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For employees hesitant to try the new scooter, it¡¯ll conduct demo days to try out the Model One at various office locations. As of now, employees from Google¡¯s main HQ in Mountain View, as well as other locations like New York, Seattle, Sunnyvale, Playa Vista, Kirkland and Irvine are eligible.
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