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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently told employees that those who do not want to return to the office at least three days a week should consider finding employment elsewhere. According to a recording obtained by Insider, Jassy stated "It's past the time to disagree and commit," adding that if employees cannot commit to the new hybrid work model, "it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon." He characterized the decision to have employees return to the office part-time as a "judgment call." Notably, Jassy said employees are free to leave if they do not want to comply with the hybrid work requirement. This makes clear that Amazon has not changed its stance on returning to office work despite some employees preferring full remote arrangements.

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Notably, Jassy said employees are free to leave if they do not want to comply with the hybrid work requirement.

This sort of statement always makes me raise an eyebrow. There are very few situations where employees are not "free to leave" and most of them are not good.

[–] obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Amazon and several other companies hired like crazy during pandemic. Now they're trying to shrink the workforce via a combination of outright layoffs and tight policies to make anyone on the verge of quitting go ahead and do it so they don't have to pay severance.

Bonus points for shedding older, more experienced, more expensive employees vs. cheaper early in career employees.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1324557/quarterly-number-of-amazon-employees/