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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Monday made the need for in-office work even more evident, even mandating it.
in Public Message, Jassy said Amazon’s Over 1.5 million employees They will have to return to the office five days a week starting Jan. 2. Amazon will also reinstate desk allocations to offices that had that structure before the pandemic.
Jassy framed the move as a better way of working and a return to pre-COVID life.
“We find that it’s easier for teammates to learn, model, practice and strengthen culture; collaboration, brainstorming and invention is simpler and more effective; teaching and learning from each other is more seamless; and teams tend to be more connected,” Jassy said.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Jassy also said circumstances requiring remote work, such as illness, emergencies or business travel, would still be permitted.
However, these examples of remote work are exceptions to the new rule, not the norm.
Related: New survey reveals how much US workers would sacrifice to avoid returning to the office
Amazon employees are back in the office at least three days a week As of February 2023A July report from Bamboo HR found that one in four executives secretly hope that stricter return-to-office policies will cause employees to quit.
“Strengthening our culture is a top priority for the S Team. [senior leadership team] And I think about it all the time,” he wrote. “We want to operate like the biggest startup in the world.”
Under the new policy, the two-day work-from-home schedule will be phased out, and office culture will return to pre-pandemic status in order to strengthen workplace culture and drive better outcomes, Jassy explained.
Related: Dell reportedly forced remote employees to choose between returning to the office or forgoing promotion opportunities
Amazon joins other companies, including Salesforce and Walmart, that have introduced stricter return-to-work policies.
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