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Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show
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this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Employment laws are state-by-state, but I don't know a single one where it's illegal to fire someone for not coming into the office.
I've been in and out of these types of contracts for the last 20 years. If a position is remote then it is marked as remote in the contract. Even with the United States' horrible worker protection laws, they still can't unilaterally change a contract.
I'm not in the US but I was hired at my current job during the pandemic and all of IT except for senior managers and up are 100% remote right now. But the contract I signed said they reserved the right to make me go back to the office at their discretion
That sucks. I would not have signed it as-is and asked for a revision.
I know that speaks to my privilege as much as anything else. But I am at the stage of my life where going back to an office is a non-starter for me, and I am confident that I would find another offer quickly after declining the contract with that kind of wording.
Yeah it wasn't my first job in IT but it was my first well paying job in IT so I just took it as is