Amazon Lays Down the Law
Issued in September, Amazon’s full RTO mandate – due to take effect in early 2025 – has proved highly controversial among employees, with many criticizing the decision to burden workers with “needless” commuting time and expenses when remote working has largely been effective.
To date, the company has enforced the policy by requiring employees to attend regional offices, move to Seattle, where its headquarters are based, or “voluntarily resign.” It has also drawn attention to its commuter benefits, elder care, and subsidized parking rates, which it offers to employees in a bid to take the sting out of its mandate.
Garman has expressed his excitement at the imminent change, while maintaining that hybrid working is not conducive to collaboration. “When we want to really, really innovate on interesting products, I have not seen an ability for us to do that when we’re not in-person,” he claimed.
