The pandemic situation in the US has thrown plans to throw its ugly head once again. Most of the tech giants had planned to bring employees back to the office in September or October, but a rise in the number of cases has bucked that. same day Microsoft Announced that it is indefinitely recalling employees to US offices, CEO Satya Nadella Highlight what he thinks companies should or shouldn’t do.
In an interview with CNBC, the Indian-origin CEO said companies would be “short-sighted” if they took employees back to the office. Nadella further said that companies should use massive amounts of data to figure out how to go about it. “I’m looking to the whole world to overcome this challenge, because until we do that, a particular company, sector thinks they’ve got the answer, I think just short-sighted. Will happen,” he told CNBC.
In the Work Trends Index, Microsoft described how it relies on data to design its hybrid model to drive employees back to the offices. “Our new data shows that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to hybrid work, as employee expectations keep on changing. The only way for organizations to solve this complexity is through their entire operations. Embrace flexibility in the model, including the way people work, where they live and how they approach the business process,” Nadella said.
Nadella also took wicket linkedin To explain what he thinks is a hybrid function contradiction. “Hybrid work represents the biggest change in our generation to how we operate. And it will require a new operating model spanning people, places and processes,” wrote the Microsoft CEO.
The Microsoft CEO also had some words of advice for managers. “Managers now need to think of the welfare of the people they work with as a first-class priority, and then do everything they can to think about productivity rather than just short-term output. in a broader sense,” he said. LinkedIn post.
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