Amazon’s failed attempt to bring employees to its offices permanently
In September, company CEO Andy Jassy announced that employees must return to offices full time from January 2. So far, they have been working three days a week from company facilities. The changes are to cover 250,000. corporate employees of Amazon – writes CNBC.
Possibly offices in Atlanta, Houston, Nashville and New York They will be ready to accept full-time employees only in May. The company announced in a statement that “most” people would fully return to offices in January, but did not specify which majority. The company has two headquarters – in Seattle and Arlington, so it looks like the delays do not concern them.
Will Amazon employees return to offices only in the fall?
A similar situation with delays occurred in 2023, when Amazon brought employees to the office three days a week. The delays were supposed to last until May, but it turned out that in many cases, they extended into summer, and in some locations even into September.
Amazon’s policy is causing ferment in the industry. Some commentators expect a wave of departures from the company, while others assume that other technology companies may want to follow the path of Jeff Bezos’ company. Amazon’s head of cloud operations, Matt Garman, said dissatisfied employees could leave the company. Jassy, however, denied that the intention of the changes is to provoke some of the staff to resign – we read further in CNBC.
Amazon’s reasons for bringing people to offices
Amazon believes that Working from the office has several significant advantages for the company. “We have seen our teammates find it easier to learn, model, practice and reinforce our corporate culture; collaboration, brainstorming and idea generation are simpler and more effective; education and learning from each other is more fluid; and the teams have better relationships,” Jassy said.
Amazon is a technology corporation operating in many areas such as e-commerce, cloud services, digital entertainment, consumer electronics manufacturing, and logistics and distribution. The company operates a global sales platform offering a wide range of products, provides cloud solutions through Amazon Web Services (AWS), and develops streaming services such as Prime Video and Amazon Music. Amazon also produces electronic devices, including Kindle readers, Fire tablets and Echo speakers with Alexa. The company has an extensive network of logistics centers, enabling quick delivery of orders.
