微軟公司將讓員工有一半的時間在家工作_風聞

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Microsoft is allowing more of its employees to work from home permanently, the company announced Friday. While the vast majority of Microsoft employees are still working from home during the ongoing pandemic, the software maker has unveiled “hybrid workplace” guidance internally to allow for far greater flexibility once US offices eventually reopen. The Verge has received Microsoft’s internal guidance, and it outlines the company’s flexible working plans for the future.

微軟公司週五宣佈，允許更多的他公司員工在家永久工作。在持續的大流行病期間，絕大多數微軟員工仍然在家裏工作，這個軟件製造商在內部公佈了“混合工作場所”指南，以便於一旦美國工作場所最終重新開放後提供更大的靈活性。Verge（譯註:Verge是一家以科技新聞報道為主的美國媒體）已收到Microsoft的內部指南，該指南概述了該公司在未來的靈活工作計劃。

Microsoft will now allow employees to work from home freely for less than 50 percent of their working week, or for managers to approve permanent remote work. Employees who opt for the permanent remote work option will give up their assigned office space, but still have options to use touchdown space available at Microsoft’s offices.

微軟將允許員工每週在家自由工作的時間不超過50%，或者允許經理批准永久遠程辦公。選擇永久遠程辦公選項的員工將會被放棄分配給他們的辦公室空間，但是依然可以選擇使用微軟辦公室散落的可用空間。

“The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us to think, live, and work in new ways,” says Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft’s chief people officer, in a note to employees. “We will offer as much flexibility as possible to support individual workstyles, while balancing business needs, and ensuring we live our culture.”

“新冠病毒大流行已經促使我們需要以新的方法去思考、生活和工作。“微軟首席人事官凱瑟琳·霍根再給員工的説明中説。“我們將提供儘可能多的靈活性來支持個人的工作風格，同時平衡業務需求，並確保我們生活在我們的文化中。”

While most employees will be able to easily take advantage of the less than 50 percent working from home option, some roles will be difficult, or even impossible, to permanently transition to remote.

儘管大部分的員工將可以輕鬆地使用少於50%（工作周）時間在家工作選項，但是一些角色很難或者甚至不可能永久地過渡到遠程辦公。

 

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Microsoft highlights a few roles that still require access to the company’s offices, including those that require access to hardware labs, data centers, and in-person training. Employees will also be allowed to relocate domestically with approval, or even seek to move internationally if remote working is viable for their particular role.

微軟重點介紹了一些仍然需要訪問該公司的辦公室的角色，包括那些需要訪問硬件實驗室、數據中心和現場培訓的角色。員工還可以在獲得批准的情況下允許在美國國內重新安置住所，甚至尋求遷移到國際上如果遠程辦公對他們的特定的角色切實可行。

While Microsoft employees will be allowed to move across country for remote work, compensation and benefits will change and vary depending on the company’s own geopay scale. Microsoft will be covering home office expenses for permanent remote workers, but any that decide to move away from Microsoft’s offices will need to cover their own relocation costs. Flexible working hours will also be available without manager approval, and employees can also request part-time work hours through their managers.

儘管微軟員工被允許跨國進行遠程工作，但是薪酬和福利將會被改變，而改變將取決於公司所處的地理範圍。微軟將為長期的遠程工作人員支付家庭辦公室開支，但是任何決定離開微軟辦公室的人都需要負擔他們自己的搬遷費用。不需要經理批准，靈活的工作時間也可供支配，而且員工也可以通過經理要求兼職工作時間。 

Microsoft’s move to more flexible working comes months after the company notified employees that its US offices wouldn’t reopen until January 2021 at the earliest. Microsoft originally allowed its employees to work from home back in March before enforcing a mandatory work from home policy as the pandemic spread across Seattle and further into the US.

微軟採取更靈活的工作方式是在數月前，該公司通知員工，其美國辦公室最早要到2021年1月才能重新開放。微軟最初在三月份允許它的員工在家工作，但隨着疫情在西雅圖蔓延，並進一步蔓延到美國，微軟強制執行了在家工作的政策。

Microsoft isn’t alone in allowing employees to permanently work remotely. Facebook is shifting tens of thousand of jobs to remote work, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed to The Verge that up to half of employees could work remotely within five to 10 years.

微軟並不是唯一一個允許員工永久地遠程工作的公司。臉書正在將數萬個工作崗位轉移到遠程工作上，而首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格向Verge透露，在5至10年內多達一半的員工可以進行遠程工作。