Amazon wants staff back in the office 5 days a week. Your boss isn’t likely to follow suit.
For all of Amazon’s clout, its plans likely won’t motivate many other businesses to follow with their own five-day in-person workweek, according to some workplace experts.
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The Irish Times view on Amazon’s return to the office diktat: Irish employees like their flexible working
Anecdotally the evidence is that the announcement has not gone down well with its Irish workforce, some of whom believe it is an effort to reduce headcount through natural attrition as staff will opt to leave rather than return to the office full time. The company denies this.
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Amazon isn't the first company to take a hardline approach to in-person work, but its new policy is one of the most rigid.
Amazon’s latest return-to-office call will further slow Seattle’s already tough commute
Love it or hate it, remote work was good for Seattle’s traffic problem. With Amazon’s announcement this week that it wants thousands of corporate and tech workers in the office five days a week, expect congestion into and of the city to get worse.
All employees must return to the office five days a week, says Amazon's CEO
The company has implemented a three-day-per-week mandate since February 2023 and seen the advantages of returning to office as "significant."
Amazon's RTO policy is the right decision, according to a Gen Z founder who said most of his employees come in 5 days a week
The startup founder said most of his employees work in the office five days a week. He said Amazon's RTO push was the right choice for most teams.
Amazon's Return-to-Office Mandate Could Be a Game-Changer for Shareholder Value
Amazon's return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that.
Amazon’s Andy Jassy ordered a full-time return to the office—but research says he’ll backtrack next year
Half of U.S. firms asked workers to return to the office last year—only a third have kept their strict 5-day in-office mandates in place
The list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office
Companies requiring workers to return to the office include Amazon, Apple, and BlackRock. View a list of RTO mandates across business and tech.
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