Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he has no plans to order company employees to return to in-person work. Remote work will continue this year.
"We don't plan on requiring people to come back," Jassy on stage Wednesday at the Code Conference in Los Angeles. "We're not doing that right now. But we'll continue to adapt as we learn."
Amazon 's tech workers were asked to work remotely in early 2020 as the coronavirus spread rapidly. In October, Jassy said Amazon would let individual managers decide how often employees should come into the office, marking a sharp reversal from its previous goal of returning to an "office-centric culture . "
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Jassy said Wednesday that most employees have returned to physical offices and are spending some days working from home. Some groups tend to be in the office more often, such as hardware or creative units, while others, such as engineers, continue to work largely remotely, he added.
“I think there are some things that are harder to do remotely,” Jassy said. “I think it’s a little harder to invent remotely.”.
Jassy has previously said that the Covid-19 could leave a lasting impact on how offices are used, noting that it has already affected how Amazon hires employees. For example, Amazon is now more open to remote work and will hire employees from any location, rather than just focusing on areas where it has “critical mass,” he said.
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Amazon's position on remote work differs from some of its peers in the tech sector. Google began requiring most employees to return to physical offices at least three days a week in April, which has sparked some backlash among workers who disagree with the mandate. Apple also told some of its employees to come into the office three days a week, starting this month.
Source: cnbc.com
