{"id":4119,"date":"2019-08-12T11:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2020-09-03T05:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T09:53:06","slug":"microsoft-productivity-wework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/workspace-solutions\/case-studies\/microsoft-productivity-wework","title":{"rendered":"A creative office solution boosts Microsoft\u2019s employee productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Around the world, companies of all sizes find space to succeed at WeWork. Our\u00a0case studies<\/strong><\/a> share their unique stories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenge: losing valuable work time while commuting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft\u2019s New York City\u2013based sales team worked out of the company\u2019s headquarters in a WeWork location in Times Square. Each day, hundreds of team members fanned out across the New York region on sales meetings. Yet all the travel time caused them to lose valuable working hours as they went back and forth between meetings and their headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWork proposed a solution: WeWork global access<\/a>, which would give 300 employees\u2014about 70 percent of Microsoft’s sales team\u2014the ability to work from any WeWork location in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe started to think of the benefit to our teams, which is what drives us as a company,\u201d says Matt Donovan, general manager at Microsoft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The solution: access to all WeWork locations in New York City<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In granting the sales team access to all New York City WeWork locations<\/a>, Microsoft hoped to accomplish three objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n