They will continue WFH on weekends though

Consultant

It’s over 
 First big tech to move back to 5 days 
  
 The good days of wfh seem to be going away

Corporate Strategist

Yet another day of thanking God for giving me wisdom to leave Amazon.

Software Engineer

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-mandates-five-days-week-office-starting-next-year-2024-09-16/

Software Developer

Product Manager

Heard Amazon will have 5 days in office starting from January from a reliable source

Growth Manager

Heard Amazon will have 5 days in office starting from January from a reliable source- Grapevine

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- Amazon has mandated that staff return to the office five days a week starting next year, one of the strictest post-pandemic policies in the corporate world.
- CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that in-office work enhances learning, collaboration, and cultural integration.
- Exceptions will be made for emergencies and specific projects requiring isolation.
- The company will end hot-desking in the US but continue it in Europe, affecting its 1.5 million employees.
- Amazon's strict policy contrasts with other tech companies like Google, which require only three days of in-office work. 

 Source: [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/401e13fe-d065-4c07-9b51-e21fa38ad6e1)

Amazon Orders Staff Back to Office Five Days a Week

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On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being not tiring at all and 10 being you being left with no energy at the end of the day. 

Please comment your industry, role, YoE and your rating (else the results could be confounded).

How tiring is your work?

Business analyst

- 73% of Amazon employees are considering quitting due to the company's 5-day return-to-office mandate. 
- The survey by Blind revealed 91% of employees are 'overwhelmingly dissatisfied' with the mandate. 
- 80% of employees know a colleague considering job change, 32% know someone who already quit. 
- The mandate has negatively impacted employee morale and poses challenges for parents and caregivers. 
- Previous employee concerns about a 3-day office return were dismissed by Amazon in 2023.
 Source: [Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/amazon-employees-73-percent-are-thinking-of-quitting-after-5-day-return-to-office-mandate-survey-12832818.html)

Amazon's 5-Day Office Mandate May Lead to 73% Employee Exodus

Had heard from someone that there were layoffs supposed to happen this week at AWS. Just heard from a colleague that someone they know was asked to leave today.

Does anyone know more?

Fresh round of layoffs at Amazon India. Has anyone heard anything?

Amazon silently mass laying off even before Jan 18 2023

15-18 folks we informed about termination today.

Amazon India layoff - Feb

Cloud architect

- Amazon India has announced the creation of over 1.1 Lakh seasonal job opportunities across various cities including Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru.
- The company has hired thousands of women associates and 1,900 persons with disabilities as part of this hiring spree.
- The Competition Commission of India has found Amazon India and Flipkart guilty of antitrust violations.
- Amazon India has faced previous allegations of labor law violations, including poor working conditions for female employees.
- The ecommerce giant is gearing up for the festive season, competing with Flipkart, Meesho, and quick commerce platforms like Swiggy Instamart and Blinkit. 

 Source: [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/ahead-of-festive-season-amazon-india-creates-1-1-lakh-seasonal-jobs/)

Amazon India Creates 1.1 Lakh Seasonal Jobs Amid Festive Season

Details: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/andy-jassy-update-on-amazon-return-to-office

Amazon RTO Announcement

Morgan Stanley estimates that Amazon will cut nearly 14,000 managerial roles by the end of Q1 2025.

Big wave of Amazon layoffs coming?

Program Manager

My back is completely messed up because of the long hours I have to work here. 

I have started consulting a massage therapist for the intense upper back pain I have from slouching so much at work. This is proving to be extremely challenging on my physical health because I am unable to pursue fitness goals around gymming and running.

How do you guys manage it?

Started consulting a Massage Therapist because of Amazon

UX/UI designer

Companies are asking to come to office for 5 days? Whaat? How common is this now?

5 days?

Data scientist

There have been some rumors and isolated reports of layoffs in Amazon India. Is there any truth to the story? If so, which teams have been impacted / are likely to be impacted?

Layoffs in Amazon India?

Investor

According to a report, Amazon will be terminating 10,000 jobs starting this week, which represents less than 1% of its 1.5 million global employees and around 3% of the company's corporate staff.

Amazon to layoff 10,000 employees

Spotlight on Cleartrip, grocery and Shopsy; $1-billion funding in progress at company.

Flipkart may trim rolls by up to 7% in yearly refocus

Flipkart is planning to layoff 7% of its workforce

Research engineer

Heard from multiple colleagues that they could cut Ads and AWA teams in India. Wouldn’t be surprised if this happens on Tuesday or Wednesday just before the earnings calls. 

All the best folks!

Folks this week could be the Amazon Layoffs

Product Marketing Manager

This is absolutely meme material!! They declared that 75% of employees will work from home by 2025, and before even 2025, they reverted that and now claiming everyone to come to office all 5 days!! I mean not even Hybrid, but all 5 days!! News mentioning recent report of asking employees to come all 5 days- 

https://m.economictimes.com/tech/information-tech/tcs-asks-employees-to-return-to-office-five-days-a-week-may-end-work-from-home-from-october/articleshow/104049381.cms

TCS- From 75% to 0%, that was pretty fast!

He was previously the biggest proponent of WFH. But he recently said this: 

Our early analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on average than people who joined remotely. This analysis also shows that engineers earlier in their career perform better on average when they work in-person with teammates at least three days a week

Looks like most companies will kill WFH long term 🤕

Zuck himself is bearish on WFH

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Inmobi
Simplilearn
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Which companies are laying off people now?

People who were affected just got emails. Orgs include Search, Cloud, Ads , Assistant,  Pixel, etc. Engg is affected

Big layoffs at Google!

Got to know from my skip manager that there will be another round of layoffs starting Monday.

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