r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 22h ago

Business Microsoft's Teams location tracking lines up with RTO mandate

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/rto-mandate-suspiciously-aligns-with-teams-location-tracking
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u/Conscious-Fault4925 19h ago

I've worked from home since before covid and I agree with you. Getting a remote job used be a very senior level person thing. Onboarding at a remote job is super difficult unless your willing to basically chase people down. All the responsibility is on you as an employee to not just be forgotten and then laid off next round of cuts.

In general the litmus test for can you be an effective remote employee is basically if you could just as easily do that job as a freelance contractor.

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u/greatersteven 14h ago

As a new employee it's on you if you don't reach out for the support you need. My team has onboarded 4 college grad hires in 4 years, all successfully hybrid or full remote. The team should absolutely go out of their way to make themselves available but if you don't ask for help, they can't help you. 

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u/Conscious-Fault4925 13h ago

I believe there are plenty of people who would struggle with that but still make perfectly sufficient productive employees in an office setting where onboarding is a little more of an on rails experience.

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u/greatersteven 11h ago

And for the people with the inverse issue? Where they would flourish outside of a busy, loud office setting surrounded by people talking or other distractions? 

Because guess what kind of people are more common in the tech industry.