Like several companies looking to end the days of remote work, Amazon is asking employees to return to the office for at least three days a week. For those who are dragging their heels, the company’s CEO shared, “it’s probably not going to work out for you.”
The chief executive, Andy Jassy, made his comments during a meeting earlier this month, and a recording of that meeting was obtained by Insider.
Insider reported that Jassy appeared frustrated over the fact that some employees were not taking the return-to-office mandate seriously.
The meeting was what Amazon internally calls a “fishbowl” meeting, and when asked what data motivated him to require employees to return to the office, he declined to comment.
Instead, Jassy said that the move was a “judgment” call and that those who were unhappy should look to work somewhere else.
“It’s past the time to disagree and commit,” Jassy said, Insider reported.
He continued saying that Amazon was moving in that direction no matter what and that it wouldn’t be fair to have some employees doing so but not others.
“And if you can’t disagree and commit, I also understand that, but it’s probably not going to work out for you at Amazon because we are going back to the office at least three days a week, and it’s not right for all of our teammates to be in three days a week and for people to refuse to do so,” Jassy said.
Jassy also alluded to speaking with other CEOs, saying that “virtually all of them” preferred having their employees back in the office.
Amazon has been working to relocate corporate workers to other cities as part of the company’s return-to-office policy, and those who refused to move near the main offices where their team works were told they needed to find a new job internally or submit their “voluntary resignation.”
Employees have spoken out against the move from Jassy, with around 30,000 workers signing a petition begging him to cancel his return-to-office plan.
The plan went into effect on May 1.
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