Amazon warns workers to come back into the office::This week, a reminder email was sent to employees who didn’t work on-site at least three times a week.
Amazon warns workers to come back into the office::This week, a reminder email was sent to employees who didn’t work on-site at least three times a week.
Amazon is doing this to reduce headcount. They know a lot of people will resign over this.
They’ve also gone through rounds of layoffs.
If full remote workers can be cheaper for Amazon, why is the company choosing to make this a criteria for remaining employed?
Remote worker are probably much cheaper in the long run, but these companies typically lock in long-term leases in commercial real estate. The benefits might not be realized before 5-10 years.
Most commercial leases are 3-5 years. Even then, why would a CEO tolerate killing productivity to use a resource people don’t need?
This is probably very country specific. Here, there is no way you’re getting a lease for anything less than 5 years.
That is the US. Typical leases are 3-5 years. There are longer ones, but they are generally rare.
Given that Amazon’s policy affects mainly US employees, I assume that is the case with Amazon.