Amazon’s Five-Day Office Mandate Isn’t as Strict as it Sounds
The tech giant wants to turn back the clock to pre-Covid office life. Management experts are skeptical.
Amazon's Spheres at the company headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
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Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy is ordering his employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in January. But the policy isn’t airtight.
The company, which previously required employees to badge in three days a week, will make exceptions for managers already approved for fully remote positions, Jassy said in a Monday note to employees. Flexibility for health concerns and other special situations would also continue.