Microsoft exec sends stern warning to staff about return to office
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"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?
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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.
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 -> '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?