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Microsoft exec sends stern warning to staff about return to office

by agiacalone on 10/1/24, 11:02 PM with 10 comments

• by Terretta on 10/1/24, 11:51 PM

  This is very strangely phrased, both in the title, and in the article body:

  "Guthrie allegedly warned staff during the meeting that Microsoft won’t return to working in the office five days a week unless it notices a lag in productivity."

  This feels less like a warning and more like an ... appeal?

  If you like this, help make sure it works.

• by calrain on 10/1/24, 11:05 PM

  This is one of places where Unions can help

• by bbatchelder on 10/2/24, 2:29 AM

  Wild to see this couched as a stern warning. Seems more like "we're not introducing RTO unless there is a good reason for it".

• by idiocrat on 10/2/24, 2:38 AM

  I would be for the employees returning to office, if they could make Windows UI flexible and customizable.

  After all, there is at least some minimal efforts to modernize the Win11 UI: it seems not impossible (after many years of trying) to make taskbar icons small, or align the taskbar icons to the left.

• by LoFiSamurai on 10/2/24, 2:42 AM

  lol MS doesn’t pay enough to pull this stunt. A chill workplace culture is all they have going for them.

• by mrinfinitiesx on 10/2/24, 1:43 AM

  Return to our offices or else!

  How about -> 'No.'

  How about we get with reality and realize that spending ~$5 a gallon to sit in traffic, wait at red lights, waste time office chatting/gossiping/putting up with politics/drama/and countless 'meetings' that we can..

  1. Wake up.

  2. Get ready for the day.

  3. Sit down at our computer.

  4. Log on.

  5. Work. Apply ourselves.

  Achieve more as a lot of the day ends up with waiting on others, so this balances the work/homelife even greater... which in return..

  Makes better employees and contractors!

  Who knew, saying this for when I was in a position as an executive myself.

  Working next to people on projects closely is very good, but, how often does that happen that a voice channel with push-to-talk and screen share doesn't do the same thing?

• by JSDevOps on 10/2/24, 7:24 AM

  What a stupidly worded headline.