2024-09-18 08:42:36
After the Corona pandemic has subsided, many companies are sticking with home offices at least partially. At online giant Amazon, this era will soon be over.
Amazon employees will soon be able to return to the office five days a week. Working together is more efficient and brings teams closer together, argued CEO Andy Jassy in an email to employees.
Currently, Amazon employees are generally allowed to work from home two days a week. The new regulation should come into effect at the beginning of January so that employees can adapt their living conditions to it, Jassy wrote.
At the same time, as was the case before the coronavirus pandemic, it will sometimes be possible to work from home, for example if a child is sick or if you want to concentrate on a work task. At the two headquarters of the world’s largest online retailer in Seattle and Arlington near Washington, permanent workstations will also be reintroduced instead of the desk bookings that have recently been the norm.
After offices remained largely empty for months at the height of the Corona pandemic, many companies gradually began to bring employees back from home offices.
In Seattle, where Amazon has several high-rise buildings in the city center, working from home led to a drop in sales in shops and restaurants. Other US technology companies like Apple found a balance by working three days a week in the office.