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Companies (and cities) are cracking down on the return to the office, and Amazon is joining the club.
The tech giant has reportedly started cracking down on “coffee badging” (a term for hybrid employees who come into the office, grab a coffee, chat with a few colleagues, and then leave) by tracking the number of hours they spend in the office – and introducing a minimum time.
Related topics: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reprimands employees who defy return-to-work requirement
“Over a year ago, we asked employees to come into the office three or more days per week because we believe it produces the best long-term results for our customers, our business and our company culture. And it has,” Amazon spokeswoman Margaret Callahan told Business Insider. “Now that more than a year has passed, we're starting to talk directly with employees who haven't regularly spent significant time in the office to make sure they understand the importance of spending quality time with their colleagues.”
Leaked Slack messages seen by BI showed that employees on different teams had a minimum number of hours to be able to attend the office. Some teams had a minimum of two hours, others had a minimum of six.
“Remember when we were measured on metrics that actually mattered?” one employee reportedly wrote on Slack.
In February 2023, CEO Andy Jassy said most Amazon employees could be expected to be in the office at least three days a week. That policy went into effect three months later in May.
Shortly thereafter, another leaked internal document revealed that Amazon managers were allowed to fire employees if they did not follow their team's return-to-office policies.
Amazon's telecommuting trend continued in November, when leaked documents showed that employees seeking a promotion had to be in the office at least three days a week, or they needed permission from a vice president to be considered for the promotion.
Related topics: Amazon will now fire employees who do not come to the office
“It's high time to disagree and commit,” Jassy said during an internal meeting last summer. “And if you can't disagree and commit, I understand that too, but at Amazon, that's probably not going to work for you because we're going back to the office at least three days a week, and it's not right to have all of our teammates in the office three days a week and people refusing to do that.”
Amazon did not immediately respond to Entrepreneur's request for comment.
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