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Amazon warns workers to come back into the office (www.bbc.com)

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Amazon warns workers to come back into the office::This week, a reminder email was sent to employees who didn't work on-site at least three times a week.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Three reasons, from what I understand:

Amazon used to be a good place to move teams, and that includes locations/countries. A year ago, if I wanted to move from San Francisco to Berlin, all I needed to do was go through an informal transfer process, and Amazon would often handle everything.
The pay is pretty good.
Most importantly, a lot of people just assume that all the horror stories they hear won't happen to them, or that the people that get PIP'd out "deserve it". It's ultimately a lack of empathy, in a system that's designed to get people in and out after about 28 months. Some people might be lucky and not experience it, but ultimately Focus/Pivot comes for all - and sometimes it's the most surprising choices...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

And, frankly, people need jobs and a lot of them will take what they can get, especially with your second point.