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Microsoft cuts office space, bucking "back to the office" trend

It's easy when you didn't sign a 10-year lease on 5m square feet of office space in February 2020

Rob Beschizza
Oct 16, 2024
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The Seattle Times reports that Microsoft is now cutting back on office space, despite a recent trend in the tech industry of summoning remote workers back to their desks.

Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and AI division, told employees during an all-hands meeting that its remote work friendly polic…

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