Amazon Tells Employees to Return to the Workplace Five Days a Week
As Amazon prepares to abandon its hybrid work arrangement, the company has ordered its employees to return to the office five days a week. As stated in a statement sent to employees, Andy Jassy, the chief executive officer of Amazon, stated that the change will take effect beginning in January.
According to him, the firm has concluded that it is going to go back to working in the office in the same manner that it did before the introduction of COVID-19. He also mentioned that this would assist the staff in being better equipped to innovate, collaborate, and be sufficiently connected.
Even though Jassy has been known for a long time to be skeptical of remote work, Amazon employees were previously permitted to work from home on two days per week. There has been a source of stress within Amazon, which employs more than 1.5 million people worldwide in full-time and part-time employment, as a result of the company's efforts to get corporate workers back into the office.
Employees’ Protest at Seattle’s Headquarters
Last year, employees at the company's headquarters in Seattle organised a demonstration in response to the company's decision to reduce the full remote work allowance that had been implemented during the pandemic. Following the demonstration, Amazon terminated the individual who had organised it, which led to allegations of unfair punishment.
In addition to resuming work five days a week, Amazon has announced that it will discontinue the practice of hot-desking in the United States, but it will remain in the majority of European countries. As was the situation prior to the pandemic, the company stated that employees could continue work from home in exceptional circumstances, such as when a kid was unexpectedly unwell or when there was an emergency at home.
Amazon’s Stance With UK Government
The method used by Amazon is in contrast to the approach taken by the government of the United Kingdom, which has pledged to make flexible working a default right from the very beginning as part of a new employment rights bill that is scheduled to be released the following month.
Speaking to a media outlet, Jonathan Reynolds, the government's secretary of business, stated that they want to put an end to the "culture of presenteeism" and that individuals can reap "real economic benefits" by working remotely. He mentioned that there was a need to strike a balance, but he also mentioned that flexible working arrangements may assist organisations in recruiting from a larger pool of individuals.
Nitin Konde
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