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>Their in-office perks were pretty much legendary Google and Facebook's in office perks were legendary. Amazon's in office perk was free bananas. This is a mem
by dimmke 3y ago
>Their in-office perks were pretty much legendary
Google and Facebook's in office perks were legendary. Amazon's in office perk was free bananas. This is a meme on Blind.
>So it shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that they are pushing for full attendance back in the office.
Yeah except for the part where the CEO has publicly flip flopped on this issue several times in the past few years:
Late 2021 - "We're going to let individual teams decide": https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-offering-teams-more-flexibility-as-we-return-to-office https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-offering-t...
September 2022 (less than a year ago) - "I don't really believe that we're going to end up coming back to the office" https://www.cnet.com/tech/amazon-has-no-plan-requiring-workers-to-return-to-office/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/amazon-has-no-plan-requiring-worke...
I don't think wanting your employees and teams back in office is necessarily unreasonable, but the public back and forth on this is bad. People might have made long term decisions with huge financial consequences based on your statements. It's definitely not in line with one of the company's core leadership principle of "Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer."
- AtlasBarfed 3y ago"Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer" In my 30 years of vacuous corporate principles that were clearly not followed or cared about by management or the employees, that has to be a new high bar. Which is hilarious given that Amazon tries to "raise the bar" in every hire, although in practice of course that means they keep making the interview process more abusive and degrading in the usual one-upmanship cycle that is hazing. Wow, you're right, it was instituted in July 2021. In that time three of my friends have fled Amazon and told me nothing but nightmares about it. I applaud Amazon for fervently raising the bar on at least one aspect of their business: completely morally bankrupt "corporate principles". I anticipate continued success in this arena in the future.
- Bluecobra 3y agoDid Amazon ever fix their restroom issue? Yeah, I wouldn't want to RTO if it's a literal s-show. https://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-employees-biggest-complaint-not-enough-mens-bathrooms-for-all-the-dudes/ https://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-employees-biggest-compl...