Microsoft offices in Washington state and the Bay Area will be reopening for in-person work starting on Feb. 28, according to a blog post …
Microsoft offices in Washington state and the Bay Area will be reopening for in-person work starting on Feb.28, according to a blog post written by Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela on Monday. This decision comes as a result of „improving local health metrics“ as cases of COVID-19 are beginning to wane and vaccine rates increase across the US. Microsoft has slowly been phasing back into an in-person model over the last two years, and this move to reopen offices on the West Coast is its sixth and final stage. It has been continually delaying its office reopening amid the continued pandemic, but the next step would be to fully reopen every US location. In the post, Capossela outlines several reasons for the return-to-office decision for this month: high vaccine rates, declining hospitalizations and deaths in the state, and consistent local COVID-19 testing.
