Work From Home Here To Stay As Long As Productivity Doesn't Suffer, Says Microsoft

The reassurance follows Amazon’s latest announcement making it mandatory for employees to report for work from office five days a week starting January 2, 2025

The report further cited an official statement from the IT giant which reassured that there is no change in the work policies of the firm.

Source : Microsoft

Microsoft doesn’t plan to introduce any return-to-office mandates anytime soon. A senior executive at the company recently assured the employees that the firm will not be asking them to return unless the management finds any slump in productivity.

The reassurance follows Amazon’s latest announcement making it mandatory for employees to report for work from office five days a week starting January 2, 2025, reported Business Insider. The company and its CEO Andy Jassy received major pushback from its staff for the policy change. 

Quoting two anonymous sources, the report stated that executive vice president, Scott Guthrie, recently addressed the staff at Microsoft and said that the firm is not looking into any change in policy regarding remote work as long as employees continue to be productive.

The report further cited an official statement from the IT giant which reassured that there is no change in the work policies of the firm. Notably, earlier in August, Keith Boyd, senior director of IT at the firm pointed out the benefits of remote working if executed successfully.

Sharing his views via a company blog post, the executive stated, “Hybrid work is more than a change in technology—it’s a change in mindset, a change in culture, and a change in the way you think about physical and virtual spaces to enable an inclusive and productive environment for all.”

Boyd went to say that the change isn’t necessarily easy, however if executed right, it is definitely worth it. He said that this system ensures that the employees are more productive and connected, even though they operate physically far away from each other.

A recent report by CNBC Make It stated that 73 per cent of Amazon employees are looking into leaving the company after it made it mandatory for employees to work from office five days a week. The findings were sourced from Blind, an anonymous job review website, which took a survey of 2,585 Amazon employees.