Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by jackcviers3 on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:26PM (#35238146)

Most of the studies I can find on Google show that remote employees are more productive, and that management trusts remote employees less, despite more productivity.

Why are companies so interested in RTO, when the data seems to show that remote work is more productive? It seems like traditional management needs new training to sustain remote productivity gains, not that remote work should be discontinued to increase managers' trust in their employees.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by genmud on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:44PM (#35241934)

It’s a control and communications style thing, some managers like to be able to walk over and task people, or observe peoples work.

I have found these people to generally be bad managers who use this to compensate for their lack of effective management skills, but that’s why.

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