# Xbox staff near Redmond must return to the office four days weekly

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/xbox-mandates-a-four-day-return-to-office/
- Published: 2026-10-21T18:31:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T18:48:37+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/report/1015733/xbox-return-to-office-policy-four-days
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Most nearby Xbox staff must attend the office four days a week from February 2027.
- The rule covers employees within 50 commuting miles of Redmond.
- It comes amid plans to eliminate about 20 per cent of Xbox jobs.

## Summary

Microsoft will require most Xbox employees in Washington’s Puget Sound area to work from the office at least four days a week from 1 February 2027. The company says the change is intended to help colleagues work together, review projects and make decisions more easily.

The rule applies to employees who live within 50 commuting miles of Studio D at Microsoft’s Redmond campus; established arrangements at other Xbox studios appear unchanged. Staff with existing exemptions must resubmit them. The policy comes amid reports of further Xbox layoffs and follows Microsoft’s July announcement that it planned to cut about 20 per cent of Xbox jobs by the end of June 2027.

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