Amazon CEO Denies Full In-Office Mandate is 'Backdoor Layoff' (reuters.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/2224228/amazon-ceo-denies-full-in-office-mandate-is-backdoor-layoff
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-ceo-denies-full-in-office-mandate-is-backdoor-layoff-2024-11-05
> The controversial plan mandating workers come to Amazon offices every day starting next year, up from three days now, has caused consternation among employees who say it is stricter than other tech companies and will hinder efficiency because of commuting times. Workers who are consistently not in compliance have been told they will be "voluntarily resigning" and locked out of company computers.
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> "A number of people I've seen theorized that the reason we were doing this is, it's a backdoor layoff, or we made some sort of deal with city or cities," said Jassy, according to a transcript of the meeting reviewed by Reuters. "I can tell you both of those are not true. You know, this was not a cost play for us. This is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture," he said.
[1] https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1845223/amazon-ceo-tells-employees-to-return-to-office-five-days-a-week
[2] https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-ceo-denies-full-in-office-mandate-is-backdoor-layoff-2024-11-05/
[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/18/0359229/amazon-indicates-employees-can-quit-if-they-dont-like-its-return-to-office-mandate
"Strengthening our culture" (Score:5, Insightful)
...by wasting your employees' time and making them annoyed to even be there and less efficient, while simultaneously prompting the ones with more marketable skills to update their resumes. Genius!
Malapropism (Score:3)
"This is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture."
I think he meant "control".
Many convicted felons also deny their crimes (Score:2)
Oooh, you denied it...well, if you say so, Andy!...Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby also denied their crimes too!
Another comment about "culture" (Score:5, Informative)
Two of the three posts ahead of mine as I write this are about
> This is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture
Is this the "culture" that came up with [1]Amazen booths for warehouse employees [youtube.com]? Or is it the one that has delivery drivers peeing in bottles to make their quotas? Or maybe the one that has created a law-enforcement-overreach-friendly Ring surveillance network? Or the union-busting one, or the planet-raping one, or any of probably at least a hundred other exemplars of psychopathic anti-social behaviour?
Well, of course it's ALL of the above. It's no wonder some Amazon employees would like to limit their participation in such a culture!
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2yMDsQPDw&pp=ygUMYW1hemVuIGJvb3Ro
Re: (Score:3)
The one where they cram a bunch of engineers into a loud, echo filled gymnasium, such that the only way to hear yourself think is to wear noise cancelling headphones. Then they all cackle from their private offices, turgid with their power to bring discomfort and humiliation to their employees.
So whats the best popcorn for reading the comments (Score:2)
Is Orville Redenbacker still considered good?
Of course I will pick some up at my LOCAL store instead of paying Amazon anything to have some dropped off at my door.
So it's a pure management ego trip... (Score:4, Insightful)
.... good to know.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . (Score:3)
My own company is doing the same thing with RTO.
They were HOPING enough people would simply quit as it's a lot less messier than if the company
fired them or laid them off.
The problem is, folks didn't quit and now the company has a big problem on their hands.
They have neither the cubicle space nor enough parking ( many are parking six blocks away ) and they
have no idea what they're going to do with the THOUSANDS ( ~2500 more ) of additional folks that are
scheduled to report to their designated offices via the RTO mandate.
Rumors are they're considering putting up cubicles in the hallways . . . . . :P
Real reasons for return-to-office mandates (Score:2)
I'm convinced the return-to-office mandates have one purpose and one purpose only: issue a stupid order to the workforce and see who obeys. Those who don't then can be fired.
It's a very good excuse to get rid of employees who don't blindly follow orders legally.
Meanwhile on the Amazon Jobs website... (Score:3)
[1]https://www.amazon.jobs/en/loc... [amazon.jobs] Perhaps not all Amazon managers are morons!
[1] https://www.amazon.jobs/en/locations/virtual-locations?offset=0&result_limit=10&sort=relevant&category%5B%5D=solutions-architect&category%5B%5D=operations-it-support-engineering&category%5B%5D=software-development&category_type=Work%20from%20Home&distanceType=Mi&radius=24km&latitude=&longitude=&loc_group_id=&loc_query=&base_query=&city=&country=®ion=&county=&query_options=&
I could deny a bunch of stuff too (Score:5, Insightful)
When a corporation tries to unload staff by getting them to quit of their own accord, the very last thing they're going to do is admit that and lose a financial advantage.