Xbox is currently undergoing a “reset” that’s on course to cut 20 percent of its headcount. With hundreds more layoffs reportedly looming over the next few months, Xbox is also now requiring that employees within 50 miles of its Washington headquarters come into the office four days a week, one more than the current mandate.

“Starting February 1st, 2027, Xbox employees in Puget Sound who live within 50 commuting miles of Studio D are required to work from the office a minimum of four days a week,” Xbox chief people officer Jacinda Chislum Pearson recently told staff, according to The Verge . “We have thousands of Xbox employees within commuting distance of Redmond.…