The five-day-a-week mandate aims to recreate the pre-pandemic collaborative environment, emphasizing in-person interactions for learning and cultural strengthening, according to CEO Andy Jassy.
Employee frustrations were evident on Slack, where one commented on the lack of flexibility: 'This is not 'going back' to how it was before. It's just going backwards.'
Some Amazon staff sarcastically suggested negotiating their performance improvement plans (PIPs), expressing a desire to relinquish their jobs rather than comply with the new mandate.
Jassy's criteria for exceptions to the new in-office requirements includes extreme cases like child illness or home emergencies, yet many employees feel these measures are inadequate.
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