A simple Microsoft 365 Roadmap update will now generate a raft of unhappy headlines. The idea is simple. “When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.”
Forget the locational anonymity of a Teams virtual background. Teams will update your location when connected to your company’s WiFi. On video, you may have your usual background complete with company logo. But your boss will know you’re not in work.
If there’s no reason for them to need to be in the office other than that their middle managers don’t know how to do their job remotely then you’re damn right I’m defending it. If you need a teams notification to know your reports aren’t working from the office then it means they’ve been getting their work done from home and there’s no reason they need to be there. Many places went WFH during Covid and are now dragging their workers back to the office needlessly. Stop bootlicking for corpos.