Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work From Home
New ‘multilevel leader review’ can take weeks and has prompted concerns that affected corporate workers will give up and quit.
Amazon’s HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia. The company recently told employees with disabilities that it was implementing a more rigorous vetting process.
Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergAmazon.com Inc. is making it harder for disabled employees to get permission to work from home, underscoring the tech giant’s determination to get its corporate workforce back to the office five days a week.
The company recently told employees with disabilities that it was implementing a more rigorous vetting process, both for new requests to work from home and applications to extend existing arrangements. Affected workers must submit to a “multilevel leader review” and could be required to return to the office for monthlong trials to determine if accommodations meet their needs.