The e-commerce giant Amazon wants to force employees to return to work and is threatening them with dismissal if they do not comply, numerous American media have reported in recent days.
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Amazon is now allowing its managers to fire employees who defy the return-to-office policy, which has been hotly disputed among employees.
Information first reported by Business Insider suggests that employees who refuse to come to work three days a week will first be approached and then closely monitored.
The guidelines were reportedly shared with Amazon officials through an internal system last week.
“If the employee does not demonstrate an immediate and sustained presence after the first conversation, managers should conduct a follow-up conversation within a reasonable time frame (approximately 1 to 2 weeks, depending on the employee’s situation),” the guidelines state.
Oppose telecommuting
Amazon has already announced that it wants to end telecommuting.
Last February, the company told employees that starting in May of this year, they would have to stay in the office most of the week.
“Collaborating and inventing locally is easier and more effective,” CEO Andy Jassy wrote in an internal memo at the time. “Energy and exchange of each other’s ideas occurs more freely.”
However, the return to the Amazon office didn’t go well.
More than 28,000 Amazon employees joined an internal Slack channel called “Remote Advocacy” denouncing the move. Thousands of employees also signed a petition and staged a walkout to protest the back-to-office campaign.
Despite the resistance, the company and its leaders did not back down.
“We have always listened and will continue to do so, but we are pleased with how the first month of bringing more people back to the office has gone,” Amazon spokesman Brad Glasser told Fortune in June. Magazine.