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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by ourguile on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:16PM (#45185157)
Anecdotally, I'm at a larger multinational corporation and our site has been mandating a new RTO policy and have not been granting exceptions based solely on seniority. In my personal opinion I believe it's mostly a soft layoff, so they can approve exceptions on a case-by-case basis.
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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by Jagerbizzle on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:20PM (#45185215)
No disagreements there (I'm at Microsoft). I should also note that in the part of the org I work, exceptions are re-evaluated every quarter.
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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by geodel on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:31PM (#45185376)
Indeed. Apart from really aggressive, "love the bad press" type of employers most would try to appear reasonable from outside while largely rejecting wfh/remote requests lasting more than few months.
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