Amazon tracks employees' credit card records and requires them to come to the office three days a week.
CTOnews.com, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) Amazon recently sent an email to some office employees in the United States, warning them that the company is keeping a close eye on their office attendance and asking them to comply with the return policy. The move shows Amazon's determination to enforce the rules, despite opposition from employees, who are required to work in the office at least three days a week.
CTOnews.com noted that screenshots of emails circulated on social media showed Amazon telling some employees that they "currently do not meet the company's expectations of meeting colleagues in the office at least three days a week, even though your building is ready." We want you to come to the office three or more days a week now, "the email added, adding that since the policy was implemented in May, many Amazon employees have complied." you can feel the surge in energy and collaboration between Amazons and cross-teams. "
On Blind, a social platform where employees can talk anonymously about their employers, a poll on the email received thousands of responses calling Amazon's message "BS". Some users who claim to be Amazon employees expressed their anger at email on the platform, while others supported the company's actions. However, some Amazon employees claimed that they received the notice despite complying with the policy, while others said that although they had never been to the office, they had not received an email from the company.
When CNN asked for comment, Amazon said, "this email is sent to employees who have swiped their cards into the building for less than three days a week for five or more of the past eight weeks, less than three days a week for three weeks or more in the past four weeks, and their buildings have been ready for eight weeks or more." The follow-up email acknowledges that some people may have been notified because of the error and urges them to contact their manager to correct the error.
In May, more than 1000 Amazon employees went on strike to protest the policy, and strike organizers called the company's approach a "rigid, one-size-fits-all" mandatory rule.
At the beginning of the outbreak, the tech giants were at the forefront of adopting teleworking policies. Now, many companies are moving in the opposite direction. In June, Google announced plans to enforce its three-day-a-week mixed work system more strictly. Also in June, Meta required its office workers to work face-to-face three days a week from September, although in 2020 Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive, predicted that half of the company's employees might work remotely by 2025. This week, Zoom, a videoconferencing software company that was synonymous with telecommuting during the outbreak, also announced a return policy that requires employees close to the office to "come to the office two days a week."
