Summary
Amazon’s rollout of its return-to-office (RTO) mandate, requiring employees to be in offices five days a week starting January 2024, has sparked backlash due to logistical failures and poor communication.
While some employees are granted delays due to insufficient office space in cities like Phoenix, Austin, and New York, frustration has grown over unclear planning and crowded conditions.
Critics say this highlights leadership’s mismanagement, risks talent loss, and worsens morale, with many employees considering leaving.
Amazon’s approach mirrors broader dissatisfaction seen with RTO mandates across the tech sector.
Once Jassy took over as CEO, there was a slow march of the executives and board abandoning the Leadership Principles and data driven values that made Amazon the beast it is today.
Amazon has left the growth phase of their business and is now in value extraction mode, which means they have to enshittify everything, treat their educated staff like shit, and charge more for all of it.
So glad to be done with that shit hole.