In a long memo sent to Amazon staff on Monday, CEO Andy Jassy told the tech giant’s corporate employees that they would no longer be allowed to work remotely so that they are “better set up to invent, collaborate, and be connected enough to each other”. Amazon had previously faced protests when reducing the number of days that staff could work from home. Also in this edition, Meta bans Russian state media platforms from its apps and Boeing cuts costs and freezes hiring amid a damaging strike.
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@99dynasty
Ditto on the other comments here: Startup culture of today embraces remote work
@itstherealwon
rekindle startup spirit? hahah you guys getting paid by amazon? a lot of startups actually promote remote work.
@brianyoon7612
Trying to get people to quit.
@winkletter
They want to make sure they're not watching Cory Doctorow firing them up to unionize.
@valkeryie5650
If i get called back i am retiring early, period
@emersongarcia5390
Its called control, they do not care about rekindle startup spirit it is simply control of productivity
@casibari1537
That old 'startup mentality' is more than twenty years old and won't work nowadays. Today's startups embrace remote working.
@jasperherr8694
They just dont have trust in their employees, in case many of them are taking second jobs
@misterfunnybones
Make America Commute Again.
@polyglotinc
I see what you did there France24….re"kindle"…clever ;-D (or should that be eye-roll)