Amazonhis employees to return to the office as before the pandemic wait. CEO Andy Jassy made his request known in a letter to employees Monday morning. The new policy, which goes into effect in January 2025, will apply to employees, with exceptions. They have to work in the office five days a week will save it.

These new regulations have become widespread during the pandemic. The practice of working from home two days a week has come to an end It means. Jassy, “We will go back to working in the office as we did before COVID started.” he said. At the same time, Amazon plans to increase the manager ratio of individual participants by reducing the number of managers in their teams. This target is expected to be achieved by the end of the first quarter of 2025.

From shared workspaces to individually assigned desks

Amazon said the changes are part of the company’s efforts to speed up decision-making and increase face-to-face collaboration. Last year, a requirement that employees come into the office three days a week drew some backlash. During a protest in Seattle, employees raised concerns about Slack, and some were sued over the policy. He left his job.

With the new regulation Amazonwill replace co-working spaces, giving employees individually assigned desks. Yassy,”Before the pandemic not everyone was in the office five days a week, every week. “However, it was not a given that people would work remotely two days a week, and that will be the case in the future as well,” he said.

This new approach many companies Switched to hybrid work order attracts attention over a period of time. According to the Flex Index report, 79% of tech companies offer flexible work policies, while only 3% have full-time office requirements. But with major companies like Amazon, UPS, and JPMorgan Chase decision to return to a full-time office routine takes.