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Return to Office

She helped lead the fight against Amazon’s return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved

by Kurt Schlosser on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 at 9:10 am

Pamela Hayter just wanted someone at Amazon to answer “the why.” After more than eight years at the tech giant, Hayter had come to expect that decisions large and small… Read More

Amazon uses badge-swipe data to tell employees they aren’t complying with return-to-office policy

by Todd Bishop on August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 at 7:36 am

Messages sent by Amazon to some employees this week, asserting that they aren’t complying with a corporate mandate to return to the office at least three days a week, is… Read More

Podcast

Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back

by Todd Bishop & Kurt Schlosser on June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 at 10:46 am

Hundreds of Amazon employees walked out of the office in Seattle this week — gathering between the company’s towers while holding signs, participating in chants, and listening to speakers urge… Read More

How big was that Amazon walkout crowd?

by Kurt Schlosser on June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 at 1:33 pm

Paging Sean Spicer. The former White House press secretary made a quick name for himself at the outset of Donald Trump’s presidency in 2017 when he was dispatched by his… Read More

Amazon employees walk out, seeking bolder climate action and end of return-to-office policy

by Kurt Schlosser & Todd Bishop on May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 at 1:34 pm

Some Amazon employees in Seattle and other offices around the world walked out in protest Wednesday, urging the company to take bolder climate action and to reconsider its return-to-office policies.… Read More

Seattle Metro Chamber survey shows high adoption of hybrid work and most popular days in office

by Kurt Schlosser on May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 at 5:51 pm

A survey by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce found that a hybrid work model is the most popular option among employers in downtown Seattle, and most companies are seeing… Read More

Amazon responds to walkout plan: ‘We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions’

by Kurt Schlosser on May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 at 11:32 pm

Amazon responded to reports Monday that some employees at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle plan to walk off the job to protest recent actions at the company, including layoffs… Read More

Amazon workers, and a familiar energy, return to Seattle HQ as new in-person office policy kicks in

by Kurt Schlosser on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 at 3:18 pm

Is this what 2019 felt like? It’s hard to remember after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work, an empty downtown, and start-and-stop policies for getting back to the… Read More

Analysis: Amazon’s ‘Great Return’ to the office is just one aspect of a downtown Seattle comeback

by Chuck Wolfe on May 1, 2023May 23, 2023 at 10:17 am

One major harbinger of a post-pandemic swing to normal in downtown Seattle is Amazon’s much-heralded return to the office this week, which I like to call the “Amazon Great Return.” … Read More

Internal FAQ: What Amazon is telling employees before they return to the office next week

by Taylor Soper, Kurt Schlosser & Todd Bishop on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 at 10:42 am

Remember the days of working from anywhere? They’re officially over at Amazon. The tech giant wants its corporate and tech employees back in their assigned offices three days a week… Read More

‘Some people will quit over this decision’: Read Redfin CEO’s memo on back-to-office mandate

by Nate Bek on April 24, 2023April 27, 2023 at 9:16 pm

Glenn Kelman has changed his mind about remote work. The Redfin CEO sent a memo to employees outlining a new hybrid-office policy that requires workers to be back in the… Read More

Amazon is working on generative AI, too, CEO Andy Jassy assures shareholders in annual letter

by Todd Bishop on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 at 8:15 am

What about Amazon? That question comes up frequently these days in tech industry conversations about generative artificial intelligence, especially as Open AI leverages its partnership with Microsoft Azure, the Amazon… Read More

Podcast

Why Microsoft’s return to the office may not be the norm across the rest of the tech industry

by Todd Bishop on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 5:23 pm

What does Microsoft’s return to the office mean for everybody else? That was one of the questions raised by the tech giant’s announcement Monday that it will fully reopen its… Read More

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