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　　 Microsoft's latest survey found that the issue of whether remote work can improve efficiency, employers and employees are still divided.

　　Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said companies should use data to judge how well employees are performing, rather than assuming they must be more productive in the office.

　　The company's latest Work Trends Study, which surveyed more than 20,000 people in 11 countries, found that 87 percent of employees believe remote work, or a combination of remote and in-office work styles, is more productive. Conversely, 85% of leaders believe that mixed work styles make it difficult for them to judge whether employees are staying productive.

　　Nadella explained: "More than 85% of employees or professionals consider themselves efficient. But more than 85% of managers believe that efficiency needs to be improved."

　　"So there's a contradiction. And I think the best way to bridge that is not to use dogmatic thinking, but to look at more data. Instead of arguing, we should use data to advance this." "It's a structural change, and it's a post-pandemic era, but everyone is exercising the flexibility they've had during the pandemic," he said.

　　Numerous reports and surveys published over the past year have shown that the vast majority of workers would rather leave their jobs than return to a five-day-a-week offline work model. Meanwhile, business leaders are preventing this trend. Wall Street investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, for example, are asking employees to return to work offline and limiting remote work.

　　Microsoft has a hybrid office policy that allows employees to spend up to 50% of their time working remotely. Once this limit is reached, a separate application to the administrator is required. According to a June McKinsey & Company survey, about 58 percent of Americans have the option of working remotely at least one day a week.

　　While many people prefer to work from home, some businesses remain convinced that productivity can only be maintained by working in an office. Microsoft calls this situation "efficiency paranoia."

　　Nadella believes that to resolve this divide, leaders need to set clear company goals.

　　"I think the way to deal with this is to make sure that leaders and managers are clear about the goals of the company or team, and that there are norms for people to collaborate and communicate," he said.

　　Nadella called on executives to give employees the tools they need to succeed.

　　“As long as we can demonstrate that we’re empowering people when we hire them into the company, that’s going to be a big help,” he said.