Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office

Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by drowning_sushi on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:41PM (#45185530)

50-75% of the employees at MS HQ regularly work out of the office. (Source: I live close by).

This mandate is not at all surprising given MS invested heavily in new, revamped offices, which they had started before the pandemic. How did folks who relocated to other areas not see this coming.

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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by bluedino on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:10PM (#45185970)

Our company recently started RTO.

The first 10-15 minutes of every meeting for the first month were people complaining about it. The first 10-15 minutes of every meeting for the second month were supervisors reminding people everyone they need to do it.

The third month, people started coming in, and now everyone complains about how there's no parking, no open hotel desks, no open meeting rooms, and teams are scattered across offices and there's no meeting rooms so all the meetings are still on Teams.

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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:05AM (#45195509)

Just find a corner for it why do you need a "room"

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Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office by wiseowise on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:30AM (#45195702)

Because such as important meeting as “daily standup” and “whothefuckknowswhat sync #69” deserved a room, what if there’s a very important discussion?

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