- Microsoft’s new global hybrid labor policy is a reasonable compromise of three days
- Redmond and Puget Sound workers will be the first affected workers
- Microsoft’s policy is not as intense as others
Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman has announced a company-covering change to the requirements for participation in the office, where employees are ready to meet a three-day mandate starting in 2026.
The change is set to roll out in a three-stage pull-puffy Sound/Redmond workers will be among the first to comply with the three-day office from the end of February 2026.
Then, other American locations follow before the change is rolled out globally.
Microsoft updates his hybrid work policy
“Our goal of this change is to provide more clarity and consistency in how we gather while maintaining the flexibility we know you value,” summed Coleman.
Microsoft’s mandate (Return-to-Office (RTO) affects workers living within 50 miles of a Puget Sound office, but the company has not shared any similar details for its US and global employees.
Currently, Puget has Sound-Area employees until September 19 to submit an exception.
The company is pushing better personal collaboration, energy, empowerment and results as key-tirers behind its RTO mandate. “The most meaningful breakthroughs happen when we build on each other’s ideas together in real time,” Coleman added.
While it may be one of the effective policies in terms of employee numbers, Microsoft’s change comes several months – or more – after other giants in this room have raised their office processing requirements.
Google, Meta, Dell, Intel, IBM and Zoom offer all three-day+ mandates, while Amazon asks workers to be in a company place five days a week.
Workers outside the Puget Sound area, where Microsoft is headquartered, can expect to hear about how the change will affect them in the coming weeks and months. Planning workers outside the United States starts in 2026.
Microsoft said it had nothing further to share with regard to its plans for US-wide and global employees at this time.
