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Amazon employees who still refuse to follow the retail giant’s return-to-the-office rules could soon be kicked out.
Business Insider reported that the company distributed new guidance to managers this week, telling them they can now fire workers who don’t report to the office at least three days a week and outlining the process for how such terminations should expire.
According to BI, the internal document instructed managers to have a private conversation with employees who do not meet the three-day week requirement at the start of the process, and then to have a second conversation if the person still refuses, according to the report .
If employees still can’t make it to the office sufficiently, they could be at risk of a pink slip.
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The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus, in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, January 19, 2023. (David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
“If the employee does not demonstrate immediate and sustained presence after the first conversation, managers should conduct a follow-up conversation within a reasonable time frame (~1-2 weeks depending on the employee situation),” the guidelines say.
“This conversation will 1) reiterate that returning to the office more than three days per week is a condition of your job and 2) explain that continued noncompliance without just cause may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of your employment .” .”
Amazon told workers in February that it would require most employees to return to working in person at an Amazon office at least three times a week, and the change took effect in early May. According to the regulation, some employees had to move to meet the attendance requirement.
When reached for comment by FOX Business on Friday, Amazon spokesman Rob Munoz said: “Now that we’re several months into the season and the vast majority of employees are in the office more often, there’s more energy, connection and collaboration, and we’re hearing that.” .” that of employees and the companies that surround our offices.
Amazon’s logo at the company’s logistics center in Boves, France, August 8, 2018. (Portal/Pascal Rossignol / Portal)
| ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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| AMZN | AMAZON.COM INC. | 125.17 | -3.23 | -2.52% |
“As with all of our policies, we expect our team to follow them and take appropriate action if someone chooses not to.”
The spokesperson said the employee moves only affect a relatively small number of workers and the company offers relocation benefits to anyone asked to move. Munoz also noted that there is an exception process and that these are considered on a case-by-case basis.
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In late August, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warned that any remaining objectors to the return-to-office policy could be cracked down on, according to a separate BI report at the time.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on October 5, 2021. (David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
“[I]“If you can’t object and commit, I understand that too, but it probably won’t work out for you at Amazon because we go back to the office at least three days a week,” Jassy said in a meeting. And it’s not okay that all of our teammates are there three days a week and people refuse to do that.”
Amazon’s mandate to return to office came after the company previously made some updates to its attendance policies during the pandemic, including handing the decision over to director-level executives in late 2021.
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The e-commerce giant employs more than 1.46 million people worldwide and has a network of offices including its headquarters in Seattle and its secondary headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
FOX Business’s Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.