@onrean
Yep, working from the office to be together is garbage. Most of the time everyone sits at their desks and get on the phone to meet. But now everyone has to listen to each other's voices echo. Its about control 100%.
@jamessmithson-br7rm
If you treat your employees like children, they will give you a reason to 😅
@urai9438
This happened at a public company I was at, around six months before they did some heavy layoffs. Amazon is hoping people quit so they can layoff less people (less severance pay to give out).
@Percival-m3h
Big tax breaks are given on the expectation of corp offices being filled, local housing and businesses getting some trickle down economics etc. Politicians won’t allow WFH.
@johnb1707
If employees have expressed a significant interest in flex work remaining an option, you run the risk of degrading employee loyalty, and actually increasing instances of work avoidance by forcing a return. I think the genie is out of the bottle now. While I'm no Andy Jassy, my experience has been it's better to adapt with the times verse push back against change. If you want to innovate more, start by finding and implementing ways to work with your employees, not strong arming them.
@theL33Tm4ster
Honestly I was very amused when I saw this memo. I knew that 5 day RTO would be coming any day now which is why I've been making plans to leave this Christmas since the beginning of the year. It's going to be very amusing receiving threatening messages from the higher ups about my in-office attendance, knowing that nothing I do in the next 2 months has any consequences.
@StormcastMarine
Luckily for most office employees at Amazon they are some of the smartest people on the planet, so finding a work from home job should be very easy. I was one such employee. What this whole song and dance showed me was that when it really comes down to it then the prized Leadership Principles that made me love Amazon so much can be swept aside for whatever hand wavy weasel word reason the CEO comes up with :) If it's all fake then I'm not interested, I think others might feel the same.
@PeakSupreme
It is a bailout for their real estate friends. The commercial market has tanked dramatically. Right now, you could have single parent mothers working at home running the drive through at McDonalds or Wendy's. The fact is that most work can be done at home and be "Green" but they only like to use save the environment when it is convenient like their private jets. At least we know they use Boeing though, lol. We all feel the pain of flying now.
@steveburke7675
I'm curious how many of their younger employees will simply quit.
@S27-y8e
It’s called stealth firing
@briandietrich1373
RTO is such a load of crap.
@DC-xg6gt
All this freakout about going back to work is hilarious. What did ppl do before Covid?
@jrjr3412
Its about control and showing how much power you have over your minions. If they did that where I am, I would negotiate a package and leave.
@DrKnowsMore
Two things. If your boss says come back to the office, then your choices are to go back to the office or quit. The fact of the matter is that many of Amazon's employees don't have the option of working from home and probably aren't real. Thrilled to hear people who can work from home whine about it because the fact of the matter is many of those work from home. People aren't critical to the business. Second, if Amazon wants to truly succeed, it needs to get rid of the Chinese crap that has infested its website. It's gone the same route as eBay and Walmart is quickly following suit. I don't want knockoff Chinese garbage. And I don't want to have to Wade through that garbage to find the products I actually want.
@EdwardAmarille
It's actually very simple. If you work for someone else, they make the rules. If you don't like it, work for yourself.
@jmac03191961
I am old school. I worked in office during the pandemic, when almost everyone else in the department "worked" from home. Today, almost everyone else in the department is still "working" from home, including the department director who promotes it, and I am very happily retired and no longer watch the BS surrounding the workplace.
@TheCluelessEmployee