Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees To Work Remotely

These changes could include month-long trials of in-office work for disabled employees before a determination is made on if their accomodations meet their needs, although Fortune does not say that these trials will be required for everyone in consideration.

Amazon Denies Claims That Stringent RTO Policies Aim to Slim Workforce

Some critics argue that harsh and sweeping return-to-office policies issued by Amazon and other tech giants like Dell and Ubisoft function to reduce the overall workforce while avoiding out-and-out layoffs that could result in bad press or more employee compensation.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has denied that this is the case at his company, saying earlier this month in an  all-hands meeting that: “A number of people I’ve seen theorized that the reason we were doing this is, it’s a backdoor layoff, or we made some sort of deal with city or cities. I can tell you both of those are not true. You know, this was not a cost play for us. This is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture.”

After Amazon announced a full return to the office in September — effective starting in early January 2025 — one survey found that 73% of its employees were considering a new job.