It seems that 2025 will be the year when a growing number of companies enforce return to office (RTO) policies. Yet, despite hopes for a more collaborative, productive, and engaged workforce, these mandates may not have the intended effect. Many... — read more 

This is what happens when billionaires buy media. Staff at The Washington Post are bracing for a wave of layoffs. It's the latest hit for the Post, coming just days after longtime editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned in... — read more 

The H1B visa program is designed to bring skilled workers to the U.S., but the hiring process for these workers needs to be streamlined for efficiency and integrity. Verify Authenticity of H1B Candidates: Companies should ensure that H1B... — read more 

Amazon CEO has 10% approval. Walmart CEO has 88% approval. I wonder why. BTW, lots of remote jobs below: # Company CEO Approve Disapprove No Opinion 1 NVIDIA Jensen Huang 96% 3% 2% 2 Walmart Doug McMillon 88% 4% 8% 3 Palo Alto Networks Nikesh... — read more 

It feels like I was hired just before they decided to eliminate the role. They came after me right when I started and next thing I know, my boss said I was done.

Count those who have quit in the last 3 months and those who will be quitting over the next 6 months. Search on LinkedIn for those Amazon employees. Their new role will very likely show Remote or Hybrid. That's a very easy way to find more reasonable... — read more 

Oops years ago, without ever informing your Amazon manager, you moved out of state from your assigned office in Seattle. You're a smart one, totally S-N-E-A-K-Y. But now the chickens have come home to roast. Better not delay booking the weekly... — read more 

Took a role with AWS, what should I expect at Amazon? Not going to provide details on the specific role

550 layoffs reported in WARN recently in just two states (WA, CA). Multiply by 25 (for 50 states), and that's about 14000 layoffs. Then some more layoffs for the delayed RTO in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, New York, and Phoenix. Double... — read more 

Amazon workers across seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike Thursday. The strike, organized by members of the Teamsters union, is intended to pressure Amazon to come to the negotiating table. “If your... — read more 

Amazon.com Inc. won’t have enough space for thousands of employees when they start returning to the office five days a week next month. The company recently told some personnel working in at least seven cities — including Austin, Dallas and... — read more 

Is the C-suite the right place to make this decision? Why aren't we focusing on performance? Managing results beats attendance. RTO mandates don't offer performance improvements. What problem are we trying to solve? RTO mandates drive out... — read more 

Nobody in my Amazon group has ever been allowed to work from home. We have always had to report to the office. Due to the warehouse and drivers' workers strike it's only fair that people who do not have to report to the office should be let go first... — read more 

When is Jassy going to exit? At 57, with over $600M in net worth, he can definitely afford to move to Indian Creek Island to be neighbors with Bezos. And make regular visits to Mar-a-Lago to visit their leader. Go home!!! You already have enough... — read more 

In my Amazon group we have six Slackers, who openly slack every-day using mouse movers they installed on their computers. We also have eight Whiners in the group that constantly whine and cry as January 2nd return to office approaches. The whiners... — read more 

That's right Matt!! So Matt, if you get tired of being Andy's RTO and Sales puppet, faking your free cash flow through forced layoffs, and losing your most talented employees faster than you can replace them (before those replacements leave a few... — read more 

Saturday/Sunday - WFH Monday 7AM - wake up, 9AM - arrive at office, 6PM leave office, 8-10PM WFH, 3-4AM oncall Tuesday 7AM - wake up, 9AM - arrive at office, 6PM leave office, 8-10PM WFH, 5-6AM oncall Wednesday 7AM - wake up, 8:30AM - die in car... — read more 

Bezos will help in the effort to reduce and eliminate government regulations. This effort will unburden you and free you up to be more productive! (Just think about all of those rules that hold you back on a daily basis.) Surely, some of those... — read more 

Apparently it is AMZ worldwide not just USA. Punch in Amazon strike on black friday and alot of reports come up but still searching for exactly why AMZ USA employees are not happy.

Kabooom! Jassy gonna get his own office building to himself.

Hint: AJ!

Oh the irony! Working remotely (from the cloud), while under RTO. Great cash play after inevitably bleeding top employees, who obviously leave first.

Matt? Here! Beth? Beth??? You've been missing from class for past last two days. One more time and I will expel you! But Andy, I was sick. No excuse accepted. Swami? Swami?? I didn't want to get out of bed. AI is busy doing my homework. ... — read more 

Well AMZ HAUL sure is not the answer. Looks like swiss cheese it's so full of losses for the customer. Apparently: Free shipping only if purchase over $25.00 but 1 item is $20.00(the Max. price of any one item). Only people who use mobile phone... — read more 

OMG! What a shocker... RTO does not work!!! https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/rto-mandates-hard-truths-for-leaders/

What value does that team provide? Does Amazon layoff VPs too? An outsider stumbled upon an old news https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employee-engagement/amazon-investigates-vp-of-hr-science/430645

I heard many SWEs at Amazon outsource their work to non Amazon employees to meet their deadlines I cannot believe this! Some people work so hard at Amazon to keep up with the deadlines and work pressure and on the other hand folks hire outside... — read more 

what option will you pick? hint: most people would gladly forgo more money to be remote or hybrid.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not meant to force attrition or satisfy city leaders, as many employees have... — read more 

Amazon is planning to cut approximately 14,000 project managers, to boost efficiency and save up to $3 billion annually. The layoffs of project managers at Amazon will likely have a significant impact on the organization’s structure and... — read more 

Do you think there may be small/medium/large Amazon.com layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

With Amazon beating earnings last week. Andy won’t give it a second thought approving Work from Homers being fired for cause when they don’t Return to the Office on January 2nd. The Work from Homers are going to be out of here once and for all. — read more 

Remember Steve? "Developers! Developers! Developers!" Like Andy, Steve also struggled to grow Microsoft (stuck at $30-$40 share for years!) When Satya joined, Microsoft GREW 10x. Shareholders should replace Jassy with another Satya. Make Amazon grow... — read more 

Freeze wages, offer no RSU grants, and then enforce 5-day kindergarten RTO (parking + gas + daycare). And tell employees that they didn't really do anything and can go work elsewhere. Really classy Matt! And a mere five months of experience in a CEO... — read more 

But it won’t be a job at Microsoft, Meta, Google or the likes. Those companies are not interested in fired Amazon employees who were not Team players due to lack of following company rules. So that leaves jobs you will have to accept at Walmart... — read more 

Revenue $153.6B Net income $13.8B Diluted EPS $1.10 Net profit margin 8.9%

Andy ordered all Amazon employees shill Return to Office five days a week, starting on January 2, 2025. If you are d-mb enough not to comply. You most likely will be fired and Amazon can appeal your getting Unemployment benefits. It’s as simple as... — read more 

Andy's newest puppet!

If AMZ is only a middleman seller to customer but Temu and Sheim sell directly to the customer , Who would need to buy from AMZ ? Junk comes from same place in Ch_na so why not receive it straight from them and save$$$$ ?

Matt, you didn't really accomplish anything - like we didn't get to work together remotely and learn from each other. There are other places that you could try like McDonalds or Burger King. Besides, 9.8/10 of Amazon employees would actually be quite... — read more