Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week

Amazon labor will beryllium required to return to the agency 5 days per week starting connected January 2nd, 2025.

“...we’ve decided that we’re going to return to being successful the agency the measurement we were earlier the onset of covid,” CEO Andy Jassy says in a memo sent to staff connected Monday. Employees person been required to activity from the agency 3 days per week since May 2023, and Jassy says that “if anything, the past 15 months we’ve been backmost successful the agency astatine slightest 3 days a week has strengthened our condemnation astir the benefits.”

Jassy says that staffers won’t person to beryllium successful the agency to woody pinch things for illustration a sick kid aliases a location emergency. “But, earlier the pandemic, it was not a fixed that folks could activity remotely 2 days a week, and that will besides beryllium existent moving forward.” Employees who person an approved objection will beryllium capable to stay remote.

Jassy besides says Amazon is besides upping the ratio of individual contributors to managers company-wide by astatine slightest 15 percent by the extremity of Q1 2025. He didn’t explicitly opportunity that it would require layoffs but said, “We will do this thoughtfully,” and that “Having less managers will region layers and flatten organizations much than they are today,” Jassy says.