Hundreds of workers at Amazon’s corporate offices have expressed their displeasure at CEO Andy Jassy’s directive that they return to the office five days a week starting early next year, according to a report.
According to Fortune, a poll circulated domestically among Amazonians reveals that the average employee at the company is “very unhappy” with the back-to-office edict.
The survey was created by Amazon employees, who then shared it with at least 30,000 members who logged into a Slack channel called “remote advocacy,” according to Fortune.
The magazine was able to see the results of the survey which found respondents scored 1.4 on a scale of 5 – with 1 meaning “very dissatisfied” and 5 “very satisfied”.
The survey’s authors said they plan to collate and share the results by email with Jassy and other executives in order to “provide them with a clear picture of the impact of this policy on employees, including identified challenges and proposed solutions.” .
“We are seeking honest and constructive feedback on the recent decision to request a 5-day return to office hours,” the survey’s introduction reads.
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Some Amazon employees told Fortune that they opposed Jassy’s decision because they said it would affect productivity during office workdays.
They also said that this action is indicative of management’s lack of trust in its employees and managers.
“Amazon got used to people having 5-10 extra hours a week to work because we weren’t traveling,” one employee told Fortune.
“The RTO means we no longer have additional time to devote to Amazon, and employee expectations need to be adjusted to reflect that.”
The employee added that “we have to accept that the RTO imposes hard restrictions on the appointment schedule.”
“I can no longer go to an 8 a.m. meeting with people at HQ2 or on the East Coast,” the employee said.
“When I was at home, I could very easily jump into early or late meetings, but I’m not physically able to do that now.”
Single parents will also be negatively affected by the decision, according to employees who spoke to Fortune.
But others agreed with Jassy, saying the reasons people give for needing to work from home would have been unthinkable before the pandemic.
The back-to-office mandate is a sharp departure from its current hybrid policy, which requires employees to work from the office at least three days a week.
“When we look back over the past five years, we continue to believe that the advantages of being in the office together are significant,” Jassy wrote last week.
“I have explained these benefits before, but in summary, we have observed that it is easier for our associates to learn, model, practice and strengthen our culture; collaboration, brainstorming and invention are easier and more effective; teaching and learning from each other is smoother; and, teams tend to bond better with each other.”
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