Smart working forever. Amazon will allow its employees to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can come to the office when needed. The new policy was announced in a post on the company’s blog and represents a marked change of pace from the previously announced practice, whereby most employees would have had to show up at the office at least three days a week when offices reopened. .
The Seattle Times reported that a signed message was sent to employees by the group’s chief executive, Andy Jassy: “We expect there will be teams that will continue to work primarily remotely, others that will work in a combination of remote and in the office. , and still others who will decide “to always work in the office.
Most of the more than one million global employees of the online giant will not be able to work remotely because they cover tasks related to logistics, from warehouses to deliveries, but around Seattle the company has about 50 thousand employees between technicians and corporate division. And their absence will certainly damage nearby restaurants and other businesses. Amazon’s move follows that of Microsoft which last month announced its decision to indefinitely postpone the reopening of its offices.