Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by aurareturn on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:13AM (#41565516)

You often hear about HN posters complaining that when they do go into the office, they’re just having Zoom calls in the office instead. That’s what Amazon is trying to fix here. Everyone in office 5 days a week.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by objclxt on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:58AM (#41565791)

> when they do go into the office, they’re just having Zoom calls in the office instead. That’s what Amazon is trying to fix here.

Not really. At a company the size of Amazon teams are often in other buildings, if not other cities or countries entirely. The zoom calls continue unabated.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by aurareturn on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @05:45AM (#41566003)

I think they're talking about their own team. Cross country or cross team meetings might always require Zoom.

If you have 3 days of office, you'll always be in Zoom calls because at least some of the team members will be at home.

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Re:Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week by camdenreslink on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:10AM (#41568453)

I'm not sure about Amazon, but in some of these large companies the team is still distributed even when they are "in-office". So everybody is still on zoom calls.

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