Amazon rthe mandate of coming to the office has been controversial among staff, leading a senior executive to defend it in a leaked internal meeting.
Amazon is looking for all workers to return to the office five days a week starting January 2. last month, hundreds of employees anonymously asked the senior leadership to drop the mandate.
In an Amazon Web Services (AWS) comprehensive meeting, the transcript of which was first reported by Reuters On Thursday, AWS CEO Matt Garman not only backed the back-to-the-office policy, but also said that anyone unhappy with it could find work elsewhere.
“If there are people who just don't work well in that environment and don't want to, that's fine, there are other companies around,” Garman said.
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He said he didn't mean the comment “in a bad way” but wanted an atmosphere of cooperation. Working in-person allows AWS to “innovate on interesting products,” he said.
A June conversation with Garman was also revealed earlier this year. On the record, Garman said that AI is changing the role of a software engineer and that innovation will replace coding.
Other tech giants have also instituted a five-day work week in person for their employees. Dell, for example, gave its sales staff two days to return to the office five days a week.
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