Amazon employees hoped that this day would not come, but it happened: since May, the company wants to see them at their desks. Pale fear descended on fans of remote work. 10 percent of the crew signed a petition to continue working remotely.
Just a few months ago, it seemed that remote work would indeed be with us for a long time, and it would certainly become a common model in technology companies. Nothing like this. Even the largest corporations, which boasted during the pandemic that they were able to implement remote work without compromising order fulfillment and praised its effect, eventually began to call employees into their offices.
Elon Musk made a choice: come back or goodbye
Elon Musk approached this ruthlessly shortly after he took over Twitter. He sent two emails to the platform employees ordering them to return to the office immediately. A few months earlier, he called Tesla employees to the offices. In an internal company email leaked online, Musk said remote work is no longer accepted and employees must return to their offices for at least 40 hours a week or leave Tesla. Exceptions are possible only in very specific cases; all the rest to register not only at the office, but also at a specific branch. Someone is not allowed to work from a Tesla office elsewhere (for example, after moving during the pandemic) if they work at a specific branch.
10 percent Amazon employees sign petition to quit telecommuting
The Phantom of Return appeared on Amazon. In mid-February, Andy Jassi, CEO of Amazon, announced that employees must come into the office at least three times a week from May. However, this did not meet with understanding among employees: many do not intend to give up work at the kitchen table in favor of commuting to the company’s headquarters. In a particularly difficult situation are those who have changed their place of residence and now perform their duties from a completely different state or even moved further from the city to a cheaper area.
Dissatisfied, they banded together and wrote a petition calling on the board to reconsider the decision. Almost 30,000 people signed it. employed, i.e., about 10 percent. Amazon corporate team.
Source: Wprost
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