Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Gorman has delivered a direct message to employees resistant to the company's five-day office mandate: adapt or leave. The cloud computing division's leader emphasised that in-person collaboration is non-negotiable for AWS's future success.
Speaking at an all-hands meeting, Garman revealed that a vast majority of employees he has spoken with support the new policy, which is set to take effect in January.
However, Garman also made it clear that those who are not in favor of the in-office mandate are free to leave the company. His comments align with Jassy's previous statement that employees who are unhappy with the new policy should consider alternative employment.
"If there are people who just don't work well in that environment and don't want to, that's okay, there are other companies around. By the way, I don't mean that in a bad way, we want to be in an environment where we're working together,” said Garman.
"When we want to really, really innovate on interesting products, I have not seen an ability for us to do that when we're not in-person," added Garman.
Many workers have expressed frustration with the policy, arguing that it will lead to increased commuting times and undermine the benefits of remote work.
Critics of the mandate have pointed out that independent research does not definitively support the claim that in-office work is superior to remote work in terms of productivity and collaboration.
Furthermore, some employees who had previously been working remotely part-time have reported being told they were "voluntarily resigning" and being locked out of company systems after failing to comply with the new policy.
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