By Jorge Vazquez
Aug 31, 2023, 10:44 AM EDT
Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive officer, warned employees who want to continue working remotely and don’t want to come back to the office three days a week that it “isn’t going to work for them” and if they don’t agree they can leave. according to information released by Insider.
Amazon was one of the companies that benefited the most during the pandemic with the increase in online shopping. But it is also one of those that is suffering the most to bring its employees back to the office, after establishing work from home.
Since May, Amazon has instructed its employees to return to the office three days a week. However, thousands of workers signed a petition against the order and went on strike asking the retail giant for more flexibility with remote work.
According to a recording held by Insider, Jassy told a worker meeting: “The time to disagree and compromise is over,” stressing that “if they can’t compromise…they probably won’t fit on Amazon because we’re going back to Amazon.” office at least three days a week.
The CEO’s speech is getting stronger and stronger, making it clear that his decision to return employees to the office was a “judgment call” and that employees who do not want to abide by the order can leave.
“It’s not right that all of our teammates are there three days a week and people refuse to do it,” Jassy said.
Jeff Bezos’s successor has failed to rally his staff and there is talk that he could force a “voluntary resignation” of employees who refuse to work in person.
The problem is not exclusive to Amazon, other companies like Meta and Zoom, which also gained momentum with the lockdown of the pandemic, are now struggling to bring people into the buildings to work as a team, but apparently the staff has gotten used to it to work in comfortable clothes, without the need to travel, eat at home, take care of the family, among other benefits.
The problem is serious, because some surveys show that there are people considering quitting their current jobs if they are forced to leave remote work and are waiting for better flexibility proposals.
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