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Amazon\u00a0is dialing up the pressure on corporate employees who haven\u2019t complied with the company\u2019s return-to-office mandate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Staffers who don\u2019t adhere to the policy, which requires employees to be in the office at least three days a week, may not get promoted, according to posts on Amazon\u2019s internal website that were viewed by CNBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cManagers own the promotion process, which means it is their responsibility to support your growth through regular conversations and stretch assignments, and to complete all the required inputs for a promotion,\u201d one post says. \u201cIf your role is expected to work from the office 3+ days a week and you are not in compliance, your manager will be made aware and VP approval will be required.\u201d<\/p>\n
A separate post on Amazon\u2019s internal career platform for employees says, \u201cIn accordance with Amazon\u2019s overall approach to promotions, employees are expected to work from their office 3+ days\/week if that is the requirement of their role.\u201d<\/p>\n
The post goes on to say that managers are working with Amazon\u2019s human resources group to \u201cmonitor adherence\u201d to the in-person work requirement, and \u201cthis will continue as we evaluate promotion readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some details of the new guidance were previously reported by\u00a0Business Insider.<\/p>\n
Brad Glasser, an Amazon spokesperson, confirmed the announcement in an email.<\/p>\n
\u201cPromotions are one of the many ways we support employees\u2019 growth and development, and there are a variety of factors we consider when determining an employee\u2019s readiness for the next level,\u201d Glasser told CNBC. \u201cLike any company, we expect employees who are being considered for promotion to be in compliance with company guidelines and policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tensions have flared between Amazon and some of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees since the company began its return-to-office push. In May,\u00a0the company began requiring\u00a0that staffers work out of physical offices at least three days a week, shifting from a Covid-era policy that left it up to individual managers to decide how often team members should be present.<\/p>\n
Following the mandate, a group of employees\u00a0walked out in protest\u00a0at the company\u2019s Seattle headquarters. Staffers also criticized how Amazon handled the decision to lay off 27,000 people as part of job cuts that began last year.<\/p>\n
Employees\u00a0circulated an internal petition\u00a0urging CEO Andy Jassy to drop the return-to-office requirement, but the company hasn\u2019t budged. In recent months, Amazon informed some staffers they must relocate to central office hubs in different states if they want to keep their jobs, prompting some to quit,\u00a0CNBC previously reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amazon\u2019s stance has changed multiple times since the start of the pandemic in 2020. At first, the company said it would\u00a0return to\u00a0an \u201coffice-centric culture as our baseline.\u201d But as other tech companies leaned toward more flexible work arrangements, Amazon\u00a0relaxed its position.<\/p>\n
The company later announced the RTO mandate, which CEO Andy Jassy\u00a0said\u00a0would lead to a stronger company culture and collaboration between employees.\u00a0Amazon has a remote work exception in place and considers requests on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeams tend to be better connected to one another when they see each other in person more frequently,\u201d Jassy said at the time. \u201cThere is something about being face-to-face with somebody, looking them in the eye, and seeing they\u2019re fully immersed in whatever you\u2019re discussing that bonds people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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