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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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