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Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently told employees that those who do not want to return to the office at least three days a week should consider finding employment elsewhere. According to a recording obtained by Insider, Jassy stated "It's past the time to disagree and commit," adding that if employees cannot commit to the new hybrid work model, "it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon." He characterized the decision to have employees return to the office part-time as a "judgment call." Notably, Jassy said employees are free to leave if they do not want to comply with the hybrid work requirement. This makes clear that Amazon has not changed its stance on returning to office work despite some employees preferring full remote arrangements.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regardless of the cause of the productivity boost, full time WFH will come at the expense of training young (or new to the field) employees.

Employers these days don't bother with that any more, so that doesn't explain it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google just told me that three million people graduate from college each year full of technical knowledge but with effectively zero workplace skills and more than 5 out of 6 get jobs. All those people pretty much need to be trained from scratch. Does it affect every workplace? No. But for the vast majority of large companies there is a constant flow of fresh blood they need to beat into the corporate mold.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1 out of every 6 college graduates not getting a job is a full-blown jobs crisis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"In the first six months post graduation", is the qualifier to that stat, I believe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid, a college degree was a job ticket, so that's still seriously alarming.