Written by Rabab Fathy
Saturday, February 18, 2023 12:45 PM
Amazon has instructed its employees to return to work from offices three days a week, ending its policy of leaving the decision regarding remote work to team leaders.
Andy Jassy, CEO of the company, informed the employees of this change, stressing that the new policy will start from the first of next May.
Thus, Amazon joins Disney and other companies after adopting stricter rules regarding remote work this year.
Jassy said the change will enhance communication, professional development, and company culture. He added, “Collaboration and innovation are easier and more effective when we deal face to face,” which was stated in a note sent to the company’s employees.
And remote work began during the closure procedures that were in place at the time of the spread of the Corona virus in 2020. This type of work – also called work from home – is still more prevalent than the pre-epidemic period, but the results of surveys conducted in this regard suggest that this trend is At work it slowly declines.
The volume of work from home fell from 35% in January 2022 to 27% last month, according to a monthly electronic survey of work arrangements and trends conducted by Stanford Business School economist Nicholas Bloom and others since May 2020.
It also included Disney’s policy, which it announced last January, to return employees to work from offices for at least four days a week, starting next March.
A number of prominent businessmen, including Elon Musk, who ended the work-from-home policy in Tesla and Twitter, have indicated that they do not prefer to practice remote work.
But most staff are resistant to changes aimed at returning to work from corporate offices, which in some cases has led to employers reversing the decision to cancel work from home.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said the city plans to ease work requirements from corporate offices as it struggles to fill vacancies.
