Amazon requires employees to work three days a week to promote business development around the office area.
According to news in the morning of February 20, Beijing time, Amazon reportedly requires employees to work in the office at least three days a week, abolishing the previous policy that senior managers decide on such jobs.
In a memo to employees posted on Amazon's blog, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the rule would take effect on May 1. Yasi said there would be exceptions, including some sales and customer support work, "but that will be a small part."
"when team members meet more frequently, they tend to connect more closely," Yassi says. "it's very helpful to meet colleagues face to face, look them in the eyes and see them completely immersed in the things you're talking about connecting people."
Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the United States after Wal-Mart, like many companies, requires employees to go to work more frequently. These companies are reducing some of the flexibility they offer to work anywhere during the outbreak. Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft now require employees to work in the office at least a few days a week.
Amazon said in October 2021 that managers can decide how often employees need to work in the office. Attendance has been uneven since then, employees say. The headquarters campus in downtown Seattle is sometimes bustling, sometimes like a ghost town. Some employees, especially those with dispersed teams, work in the office a few days a week, while others have barely worked in the office since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. An Amazon spokesman declined to say how many employees were on the job.
Bringing back a large number of employees can boost the development of the business district around Amazon. In addition to being by far the largest employer in ailing downtown Seattle, Amazon is a major office tenant in cities such as the San Francisco Bay area, New York, Austin, Texas and the Los Angeles area.
"our community is very important to us, and we can further play a role in helping them recover from the challenges of the past few years, and we are happy to do so," Yassi said.
