Microsoft set to call employees back to office from March 29

It’s been more than a year since Covid-19 pandemic made its presence seriously felt across the world. 2020 saw the work dynamic change completely as almost every big firm made work-from-home (WFH) mandatory. However, with vaccine drives underway in several parts of the world, organisations are looking to come back to the ‘old’ normal. Microsoft is one such organisation.
According to a blog post by Kurt DelBene, executive vice president, Microsoft, the company is set to recall employees at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington and nearby campuses. “We’ve been closely monitoring local health data for months and have determined that the campus can safely accommodate more employees on-site while staying aligned to Washington state capacity limits,” wrote DelBene in the blog post. He further said that employees have the choice “to return to those facilities or to continue working remotely, and also have the flexibility to do a mixture of both.”