New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Microsoft has mandated its employees to work from office at least three days a week from next year onwards, the tech giant said in a blog post on Tuesday.

The policy will be rolled out in three phases, starting with employees near the company's headquarters located in Redmond, Washington. Gradually it will be extended to other locations in the United States and international employees, Microsoft's chief people officer Amy Coleman wrote in the blog.

The remote-work culture gained popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic when companies shifted to work-from-home setup for health safety concerns of the employees. However, some tech firms including Amazon have begun to roll back those policies and now require employees ...