In a town hall last month, Google brass assured staffers that the company wouldn't follow Amazon's lead and mandate that employees return to the office five days a week, per Business Insider. Related: Amazon CEO Mandates Employees Work in the Office 5 Days Per Week Starting January At Google's most recent "TGIF" (Thank God It's Friday) monthly meeting,

Amazon's workplace mandate signals a dangerous rift in the employer-employee relationship, prioritizing power over trust and collaboration.

The majority of corporate Amazon employees told anonymous job review site Blind that they’re not happy with the RTO mandate and are looking for new jobs—or know someone on their team who is.

Surveys on the professional networking platform Blind show a huge majority of anonymized Amazon workers are deeply unhappy about the new mandate, with 73 percent considering leaving the company in response.

Companies clinging to pre-pandemic office norms are missing the point entirely. Amazon just might be one of them.

Amazon's new return-to-office policy for corporate workers has provoked their ire, with some considering quitting the tech giant and many dissatisfied.

Amazon.com will require employees to return to working at company offices five days per week beginning next year, toughening a prior three-day mandate. The change is necessary to "invent, collaborate and be connected" wrote CEO Andy Jassy in a letter to employees on Monday (Sept 16) posted to its website.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's mandate for employees to return to the office five days a week from January 2 has led to 73% considering quitting.