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Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’::Amazon CEO Andy Jassy responded to employees’ reluctance to return to the office by telling them that “it’s probably not going to work out,” according to Insider.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I’m anything but a soothsayer, but we’re already seeing remote work become a pretty important factor in people choosing employers, and it seems like most of the larger players in their respective industries are the ones trying to force people back into the office.

I could see this become a huge boom for low-mid tier companies that are able to put in more affordable offer packages but with work from home options attached and pry away talent from the high tier companies.

This could go a long way towards hopefully rebalancing the scales for quite a few things and hopefully reeling in some of these companies who have been able to take so much for so long.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Big companies pulling employees back to the office isn't pulling them back to the office. It's laying off higher wages and making room for lower wages.

All it does for the industry is lower the barrier for entry. Id take a pay cut to keep working remotely, no problem. 100k jobs at 80k remote means smaller employers can compete.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

US companies have much more "freedoms" to rob their "workers" from benefits. By law we have the following benefits

  • Yearly 20 days payed holidays
  • Payed maternity leave (both parents)
  • Must be payed while sick (call immediately)
  • Can't be fired during sickness
  • Can't be fired after sickness

I could tell a similar story about our healthcare (much cheaper and better)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US has no law mandating paid time off and you can be fired for being sick unless you're out on FMLA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

FMLA => unpayed

Our leaves => payed

And our healthcare, things you pay a lot for in the US, are actually free here.

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