In the past two days, the news about Microsoft allowing employees to work remotely from home forever and that Microsoft will bear the cost of remote work has been on Weibo's hot search and Zhihu hot list.
The news points about Microsoft allowing employees to work from home permanently are as follows:
Microsoft recently announced that it will allow more employees to work from home permanently. In response to the special situation during the epidemic, the company recently issued an internal "mixed workplace" guide that outlines the company's future flexible work plan.
Microsoft will allow employees to work from home for no more than 50% of their working hours per week, or to work remotely forever after approval by their manager. Employees who choose to work remotely permanently will give up the assigned office space, but can still choose to use the temporary area available in Microsoft Office.
Microsoft highlighted some positions that still need to visit company offices, including positions in hardware labs, data centers, and on-site training. Employees can also be transferred within the United States with approval, and if remote work is feasible for their particular position, they can even seek international transfers.
At the same time, salary and benefits will vary according to the location of the region. Microsoft will pay for the home office for long-term remote workers, but employees who decide to leave the Microsoft office will have to pay for the relocation.
In fact, there are two key points in this news:
Permanent remote office is allowed, but special positions such as hardware labs, data centers, and on-site training cannot be performed remotely. They must work in the company.
Salary and benefits will vary depending on the location of the region.
We can understand the first one. In fact, the second key point is very interesting, that is: salary and benefits will vary according to the location of the region. The specific changes are not stated, but it is estimated that salary and benefits will change according to the market conditions and cost of living in the remote office location. The cost of living in first-tier cities is high, and the market salary is high, so high. If you are in a third-tier city, the cost of living If the salary market is low, then the salary market will be adjusted to be equal.
So the question is, if you work remotely in a third-tier city, but your technical level is higher than that of colleagues who work remotely in a first-tier city, can you accept a lower salary than them?
Another interesting consideration is: If the remote office conditions are mature and programmers of the same technical level, a group of first-tier cities and a group of third-tier cities, do the same jobs in third-tier cities, the company will pay less than the first-tier cities. What? So from the perspective of company costs, many tasks and jobs may be allocated to subsidiaries in third-tier cities in the future.
An international company like Microsoft has many branches, subsidiaries, offices, etc. all over the world. The cost of using Indians is lower than that of Europeans and lower than that of Chinese. Indians may one day 300 yuan is enough, the Chinese need 500 yuan, so what will be the future work distribution?
Microsoft implements permanent work at home. In fact, it is really bold. Why? Because the conditions for implementing remote office are: testing the company's management capabilities, such as online document management capabilities, online collaborative communication capabilities, etc. Of course, the technology has matured, why do many companies dare not implement remote office? The reason is: management capabilities may not keep up, resulting in low efficiency.
In fact, many people in the workplace feel that remote working is very good, and they are very happy. They save commuting time and feel comfortable at home. They can also be lazy or do other things. However, once a company dares to implement telecommuting, it may not be employee paradise, but hell.
The company's implementation of remote office must have gone through many considerations and calculations. The company has eliminated various property costs such as rent, electricity, and water. What about the employees? It seems to be comfortable at home, but the competition has intensified. It has become a competition for all colleagues from all over the world. I use wherever it is cheaper. The benefit to the company is the greatest. For employees, it is sometimes a loss in disguise. Maybe you don't have to wait for you to be 35 years old, you will start to be out of breath, and you will be eliminated.
Therefore, many people say that in crisis, there are opportunities in danger. However, there is a traditional old saying in China: good fortune and evil depend on. It seems to be a blessing, sometimes there is a curse behind it .
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