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?
Yeah but they never define what productivity means.
Even if somebody (say Sundar of Alphabet) claims productivity is down, they never explain what it even means. You might think it's "obvious" but you ask 10 people how to measure productivity you'll get 10 different measures.
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.
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?
Managers don’t care about maximizing productivity, they care about having employees butts in seats. At least that’s what it seems to be like at Amazon and Microsoft. These companies are vastly more profitable than they were during the five days a week in the office era pre-COVID.
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.
Yeah but they never define what productivity means.
Even if somebody (say Sundar of Alphabet) claims productivity is down, they never explain what it even means. You might think it's "obvious" but you ask 10 people how to measure productivity you'll get 10 different measures.
This is one of places where Unions can help
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".
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.
I wish windows would be a bit more like linux these days.
lol MS doesn’t pay enough to pull this stunt. A chill workplace culture is all they have going for them.
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?
Managers don’t care about maximizing productivity, they care about having employees butts in seats. At least that’s what it seems to be like at Amazon and Microsoft. These companies are vastly more profitable than they were during the five days a week in the office era pre-COVID.
What a stupidly worded headline.