The CEOs of Microsoft and LinkedIn say they no longer believe in setting firm return-to-office …

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for LinkedIn; Stephen Brashear/Getty Images The CEOs of LinkedIn and its parent company Microsoft are pausing plans to return to in-person work indefinitely. Microsoft previously aimed for an October 4 reopening, but cases of COVID-19 have continued to rise. The CEOs told CNBC they will be focusing on utilizing new technologies and workflows to adapt to an indefinite remote work structure. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The CEOs of Microsoft and LinkedIn aren’t setting any expectations for a complete return-to-office. Instead, they are rethinking their approach to “flexibility.”Satya Nadella and Ryan Roslansky, CEOs of Microsoft and LinkedIn respectively, appeared on CNBC’s TechCheck to discuss how both companies are looking for ways to support remote work rather than plans for all workers to return to in-office work as coronavirus cases mount, made worse by the Delta variant of the virus.”We tried [setting a firm return date] and it doesn’t work because I think the unknowns on the pandemic and also the other side of it is the worldwide nature of this,” Nadella told CNBC. “I sort of also feel that sometimes we think about this pandemic…
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