Microsoft is the latest corporation to begin rolling back work-from-home expectations.
Microsoft is the latest corporation to begin rolling back work-from-home expectations.
In a memo posted to Microsoft Blog, Executive Vice President Amy Coleman laid out her reasoning for the change. Microsoft asserts it would like to go back to the days of yore when employees “worked with the people right down the hall.” While stating the power of in-person community, the Sep. 9 memo also acknowledged that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence required an immediacy of attention that tools like Teams and instant messaging platforms cannot replicate.
“In the AI era, we are moving faster than ever, building world-class technology that changes how people live and work, and how organizations everywhere operate. If you reflect on our history, the most meaningful breakthroughs happen when we build on each other’s ideas together, in real time,” Coleman wrote.
“We are better when we are together,” NBCU Chief Operating Officer Adam Miller wrote.
As more companies insist “togetherness” is the way to success the debate over office presence and productivity is likely to persist. Employers say they want teams together to spark innovation. Employees say the modern workplace should respect proven hybrid practices that helped many balances work and life without harming output.
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Source: Black Enterprise
