While Amazon’s stance is less draconian than Musk’s — who told Tesla staff in 2022 if they are not in the office at least 40 hours a week they can “pretend to work somewhere else” — the policy puts Amazon at odds with most of its tech rivals.

Amazon's return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that.

According to analysis by Inrix, a Kirkland, Wash.-based transportation software and data provider, Amazon’s May 2023 directive — and other back-to-office mandates that followed — had a significant effect on slowing down traffic on major commute routes.

Amazon's hard-core move to push employees back into the office five days a week is a signal that — in the tech sector at least — employers have regained some leverage over workers. Why it matters: The labor market has weakened.

My company got real strict about RTO last year insisting on 3 days in the office and laying off fully remote workers. 9 months later they have dropped the policy.”

Amazon.com Inc., the colossus of online retail and cloud computing worth more than $1.9 trillion, wants its corporate staff back in the office five days a week starting next year. But for all of Amazon’s clout,

Amazon told its staff to return to the office five days a week and Founder and CEO of RexMont Real Estate Adriano Tori is on Good Day Seattle to talk about the impact on housing.