Amazon is asking some corporate staff to relocate to other cities as a part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates staff to be within the office three days every week.
An Amazon spokesperson confirmed on Friday that relocations are happening but wouldn’t comment on reports by several news outlets that the tech giant was requiring some staff in smaller offices to maneuver to most important offices situated in greater cities.
Amazon didn’t provide details on the variety of employees that will likely be required to relocate. Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said the corporate will provide “relocations advantages” to staff who’re asked to maneuver and consider requests for exceptions on a case-by-case basis.
“There’s more energy, collaboration, and connections happening since we’ve been working together at the least three days per week, and we’ve heard this from numerous employees and the companies that surround our offices,” Glasser said in a prepared statement.
“We proceed to have a look at the most effective ways to bring more teams together in the identical locations, and we’ll communicate directly with employees as we make decisions that affect them.”
The relocations represent an escalation of the corporate’s efforts to get staff back to the office. In February, Amazon introduced a latest policy that might require staff to be within the office three days every week. The policy went into effect in May, prompting a whole lot of corporate staff to protest outside of the corporate’s headquarters in Seattle. Amazon had previously allowed team leaders to find out how their teams worked.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in February that the corporate made its decision to bring staff back after observing what worked through the pandemic. Amongst other things, he said the senior leadership team watched how staff performed and talked to leaders at other firms. He said they concluded employees tended to be more engaged in person and collaborate more easily.
Amazon confirmed relocations are happening but wouldn’t comment on reports that the tech giant was requiring some staff in smaller offices to maneuver to most important offices situated in greater cities.AP
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in February that the corporate made its decision to bring staff back after observing what worked through the pandemic.Bloomberg via Getty Images
Citing internal messages, Business Insider reported earlier Amazon employees who refuse to relocate near most important offices of their teams are being told they either have to seek out a latest job internally or leave the corporate through a “voluntary resignation.”
The corporate has cut 27,000 jobs up to now few months.
