Amazon warns workers to come back into the office

Amazon unit successful the US received a informing email from the steadfast for not spending capable clip successful the bureau aft their attendance was tracked.

Some employees were told they were "not presently gathering our anticipation of joining your colleagues successful the bureau astatine slightest 3 days a week."

Amazon is not the archetypal tech elephantine to depart from flexible moving rules ushered successful during the pandemic.

Disney has already done truthful and this week Zoom ordered staff to the office.

Amazon's bureau attendance mandate for American employees took effect successful May and stipulates that they person to "badge in" to the bureau astatine slightest 3 days a week.

The email, sent this week and seen by the BBC, targeted employees who came into the bureau less than 3 days a week for 5 oregon much of the past 8 weeks, oregon for 3 oregon much of the past 4 weeks.

It appeared to exacerbate existing tensions wrong the company, arsenic immoderate employees said they had received the email successful error.

They said morale astatine the institution was astatine an "all-time low" owed to a bid of "short-sighted decisions" by leaders.

Some workers questioned whether the warnings were a motion of an adjacent much strict attendance request to come.

In a effect to the concerns, Amazon said the connection was sent to those who fell abbreviated of the argumentation contempt their gathering being acceptable for staff's return.

Amazon besides admitted that the warnings whitethorn person been sent retired by mistake successful immoderate cases.

"While we've taken respective steps to guarantee this email went to the close recipients, we admit that determination whitethorn beryllium instances wherever we person it wrong," the institution said.

During pandemic-related lockdowns, galore firms opted for distant work. It remains acold much prevalent than it was earlier Covid, owed to the flexibility and autonomy it gives workers.

Some companies are rolling backmost their policies implicit fears they mightiness dent productivity, but the bulk person adopted hybrid working successful immoderate way.

When Amazon sent retired a memo to pass employees astir the caller attendance requirements successful May, its brag Andy Jassy said the alteration would assistance fortify communication, vocation improvement and firm culture.