{"id":961464,"date":"2025-09-13T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=961464"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:19:34","slug":"microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-lack-of-empathy-after-layoffs-and-return-to-office-push-tells-employees-we-will-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/09\/13\/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-lack-of-empathy-after-layoffs-and-return-to-office-push-tells-employees-we-will-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits \u2018lack of empathy\u2019 after layoffs and return-to-office push; tells employees \u2018we will do better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has told employees that the company needs to \u201cdo better\u201d in rebuilding trust with its workforce. The remarks come after months of layoffs and a new return-to-office rule that the company announced recently. When an employee asked Nadella to speak about a perceived lack of empathy in the company\u2019s culture, the Microsoft CEO said \u201cI deeply appreciate that, the question and the sentiment behind it,\u201d as per an audio obtained by CNBC. \u201cI take it as feedback for me and everyone in the leadership team, because at the end of the day, I think we can do better, and we will do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to audio obtained by CNBC, HR chief Amy Coleman acknowledged mixed reactions to the return-to-office mandate during the session. Some employees fear a loss of autonomy, though data shows staff around Seattle already average 2.4 days in the office each week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has told employees that the company needs to \u201cdo better\u201d in rebuilding trust with its workforce. The remarks come after months of layoffs and a new return-to-office rule that the company announced recently. When an employee asked Nadella to speak about a perceived lack of empathy in the company\u2019s culture, the Microsoft CEO said \u201cI deeply appreciate that, the question and the sentiment behind it,\u201d as per an audio obtained by CNBC. \u201cI take it as feedback for me and everyone in the leadership team, because at the end of the day, I think we can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}