The chief executive of e-commerce giant Amazon has told staff they must work in the office “the way we were before the onset of Covid”, with a five-days-a-week mandate from the start of next year.
In a message to staff titled “Strengthening our culture and teams”, chief executive Andy Jassy said the move would mean the company is “better set up to invent, collaborate, and be connected enough to each other and our culture to deliver the absolute best for customers and the business”.
“When we look back over the last five years, we continue to believe that the advantages of being together in the office are significant,” Jassy said. “We have observed that it’s easier for our teammates to learn, model, practice and strengthen our culture; collaborating, brainstorming, and inventing are simpler and more effective; teaching and learning from one another are more seamless; and, teams tend to be better connected to one another. If anything, the last 15 months we have been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits.”
