Microsoft Exempts Many Salespeople from Return-to-Office Mandate

Microsoft Corp. will exempt many sales roles from its coming return-to-office mandate, offering a more flexible approach than many of its tech industry peers.

For some client and partner-facing roles, “we recognize that the nature of work differs from other parts of Microsoft,” human resources executive Theresa McHenry wrote this week in a memo to employees that was reviewed by Bloomberg. The carveout includes roles such as commercial sales and solution engineering.

Microsoft declined to comment.

Many technology companies have been ordering staff back to the office. Dell Technologies Inc. told its salespeople to return five days a week more ...