After shifting to remote and hybrid work models during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon is calling most of its employees back to the office.
In a recent memo to staff, CEO Andy Jassy said workers will be required to spend at least three days a week at their respective offices beginning on May 1.
“I wanted to share with you as early as I could even though we haven’t worked out all the execution details yet,” Jassy said.
“Of course, as there were before the pandemic, there will still be certain roles (e.g. some of our salespeople, customer support, etc.) and exceptions to these expectations, but that will be a small minority.”
The decision comes after the e-commerce giant determined that in-person work will improve team performance and strengthen the company’s workplace culture.
“We know that it won’t be perfect at first, but the office experience will steadily improve over the coming months (and years) as our real estate and facilities teams smooth out the wrinkles, and ultimately keep evolving how we want our offices to be set up to capture the new ways we want to work,” Jassy added.
According to LinkedIn, Amazon employs more than 17,000 people in Canada.
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