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A lot of info is missed here as well. Sales orgs (quite a large part of Microsoft) must still work from the office (with exceptions) and cannot relocate as they
by gghhjj 6y ago
A lot of info is missed here as well. Sales orgs (quite a large part of Microsoft) must still work from the office (with exceptions) and cannot relocate as they need to meet customers - including the technical sales. Even though they've worked fine from home and were in fact MORE productive. So a lot of nuance is missed, and the application of this isn't as broad as it is suggested.
- ghaff 6y agoI can't speak to Microsoft specifically but a lot of outside sales (i.e. people who sell directly to enterprise accounts) are already typically at least mostly remote in practice. They may have a desk somewhere but the typical sales manager is going to start asking questions if they spend too much time in the office instead of meeting with customers.
- MattGaiser 6y agoI recently had to deal with some Azure stuff and a Microsoft sales guy. He is based in North Dakota of all places.
- mad_vill 6y agoFriendly with a bunch of people in sales at msft. Most people in those roles were on the road 60% percent of the time before covid. If anything they were the most remote friendly org considering a team for a product will have regional posts, so team meetings were always over the phone.