Microsoft CEO tells staff to stop wasting their time in pointless meetings

After causing concern by suggesting that female employees should refrain from asking for a pay-rise, Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO, has told his staff to stop wasting their time in pointless meetings.

The Microsoft CEO, who marked his first year anniversary in the role this week, wants to cut a swathe through the software giant’s bloated bureaucracy in order to get things done.

A Bloomberg Business profile reports: “He has been vocal about the need for efficiency. Last year, Nadella told an employee town hall that workers should skip meetings they’ve been invited to if they don’t really need to be there. He’s advised workers to take things to him directly if they feel the bureaucracy is stifling.”