Microsoft to reopen HQ, step up in-person work worldwide

A file photo of the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft will begin bringing workers back to its suburban Seattle global headquarters on March 29, 2021, as the tech giant starts to reopen more facilities it largely shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic. — AP

WASHINGTON: Microsoft said on March 23 it would start reopening its headquarters offices next week and implementing a “hybrid workplace” that brings back more employees around the world after a year of remote work during the pandemic.

The move is the first formal reopening plan to be announced by Big Tech firms which have kept most employees on remote work where feasible during the past year.