The company allows employees to spend 50% of their time working remotely. Such a stance will likely mean Apple will miss out on talent unless it changes. Apple takes a strict approach that engineers and developers must be in the office. Major companies such as Apple and Google have actively sought to get workers back into the office. Microsoft is more accepting of hybrid work than most. There is clearly a divide that must be bridged. 80% of managers within the company think workers are less productive. 87% of participants say they think they are more productive when working at home. The Work Trend Index Plus survey polls employees across Microsoft’s global workforce. That means there is a real disconnect in terms of the expectations and what they feel.” Work Preference “All of the data we have that shows that 80% plus of the individual people feel they’re very productive – except their management thinks that they’re not productive. According to Nadella, companies have to move beyond what Microsoft calls “productivity paranoia:”

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