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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


It’s a problem that emerged with the increase in hybrid and flexible work after the recent covid-19 pandemic, with workers spending less time in the office.

“When employees get to the office, they don’t want to be greeted by a sea of empty desks — they want face-time with their manager and the coworkers they collaborate with most frequently,” says Microsoft’s corporate vice president of AI at work, Jared Spataro, in a blog post.

This location data will then be fed into Outlook calendars, so you know when events are taking place in the office and when you’ve elected to head in.

“You will be able to ask Copilot to adjust your schedule based on this information — changing your work location to the office on recommended days and rescheduling in-person meetings,” says Spataro.

Microsoft Places will also have a finder feature that makes it easier to book meeting rooms or shareable desks, and this will all be accessible in Outlook, too.

The dashboard appears to be focused on building and room analytics, rather than offering managers another way to track individual employees.


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[–] Toes@ani.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“When employees get to the office, they don’t want to be greeted by a sea of empty desks — they want face-time with their manager and the coworkers..."

Hilarious, Spataro should consider a career in stand-up comedy. Their talents are wasted here.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Honestly, it's halfway correct, if I need to go into the office I'd rather be able to interact with people IRL. Most of my work unit tries to be there on Mondays for that reason.

The caveats are that I'd still rather not be there at all and that our office sucks so most people are at least as effective at home anyways.