Most Amazon tech workers will not be required to return to office

Most Amazon tech workers will no longer be required to return to work at the office.

Amazon’s CEO said he is now open to having corporate workers keep working from home.

Andy Jassy, who was hand-picked by Jeff Bezos to be CEO a year ago, said in a summit Wednesday he does not have a plan to require people to return to Amazon headquarters or any other corporate Amazon office.

The move appears to be more about a new way of productivity for tech workers and less about avoiding illness.

Amazon tech workers were ordered to work from home in early 2020 when COVID-19 started and began to spread.

More recently, Amazon created a goal of having an office-centric culture.

Jassy said that most tech workers have returned to physical offices but for only a few days a week. However, creative teams still meet in person.

Other tech companies like Google and Apple have ordered their tech employees back to the office. However, some workers have been pushing back.

KIRO 7 was told Amazon is staying open to recruiting tech workers in remote areas as they live far away from the nearest office.

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