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Comment on Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Amazing.

They order people to work in different offices than before, far away from before, or in offices that did not even exist before. They order people to work in offices who have only worked at home before.

And they call it “return”, and everybody seems to accept the audacity.

Nobody laughs out loud into their faces and calls them the dirty liars that they are.

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1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because people who suck their tits need their milk.

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sleepmode@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yeah this attrition is expected by Amazon. IBM and others did this earlier. If enough people choose to RTO they will do “real” layoffs and get a pat on the back in the news for not letting as many people go as they would have had to before. Optics I guess. IIRC this is the second round for Amazon.

Some are saying companies are doing this to keep their property values up but I think that’s only one facet. What I don’t see being called out often is companies doing this are hiring replacements overseas in tax havens and/or where they can pay less for talent. Real kicker is, those hires wind up being remote anyway to the anchor offices.

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pseudonym@monyet.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
We should refer to this instead as Go To Faraway Office

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scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Now this is a good point. During the time of remote work, everything became organized around it. In fact my employer just closed the local office I belong to, because everyone is remote and it just isn’t getting used. If they suddenly decided on RTO and asked me to work at an office 60 miles away that would not be a “return” nor practical in any way. I’m sure Amazon know this but are just saying “oh well,” because really they can’t do kick to solve it. It’s going to be a painful transition but I guess they’ve decided they are ready.

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