According to analysis by Inrix, a Kirkland, Wash.-based transportation software and data provider, Amazon’s May 2023 directive — and other back-to-office mandates that followed — had a significant effect on slowing down traffic on major commute routes.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday that all corporate employees will return to the office full-time starting early next year.

The internet giant told employees on Monday that it expected them to return to the office full-time in January.

Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji implemented an in-office policy when the startup was founded in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo /) As a former big-tech

My company got real strict about RTO last year insisting on 3 days in the office and laying off fully remote workers. 9 months later they have dropped the policy.”

Amazon is demanding that its corporate employees return to the office five days a week, a significant change from its current pandemic-era hybrid policy that requires them to be in the office just three days a week.

Amazon expects employees to report to the office five days per week, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a companywide memo.

An Amazon engineer left in the midst of the company forcing employees to go back to the office. He was four hours away and didn't want to relocate. He doesn't think he will be alone.

Companies clinging to pre-pandemic office norms are missing the point entirely. Amazon just might be one of them.

Ex-Amazon employee reveals why he quit after RTO mandate. Daniel, who did not disclose his last name, told the outlet that he faced growing anxiety over Amazon's RTO mandate. He q