Microsoft exempts some employees from return-to-office mandate; says in memo: We recognise …

Microsoft has reportedly exempted several sales roles from its upcoming return-to-office mandate. This suggests that the software giant is adopting a more flexible approach than many competitors in the tech industry. The company stated that this carveout is due to the nature of client and partner-facing work. In an internal memo sent to employees (reviewed by Bloomberg), the company’s human resources executive, Theresa McHenry, referred to these roles and wrote that “we recognise that the nature of work differs from other parts of Microsoft.”

The exempted roles include commercial sales and solution engineering. In the note to employees, McHenry added, “We are committed to flexibility where it makes sense.”