Unwelcome to the Working Week: Jassy Letter Sends Amazon Employees Back to the Office

Washington Post Employees Ordered Back to Office 5 Days a Week

All employees at The Post will be expected to return to the office by June 2. Managers must be back in the office full time by Feb. 3.

Business - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Amazon Doubles Down on Full Workweek in Office Mandate

A month after Amazon announced its full return to office policy, a top executive said employees who didn’t like it were free to work elsewhere.

Business - Inc. - October 18

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denies that 5-day office mandate is a 'backdoor layoff'

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denied speculation that the recently announced RTO mandate was made to further reduce head count or appease city officials.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

Amazon cloud boss says employees unhappy with 5-day office mandate can leave

Amazon's cloud boss on Thursday told employees who are unhappy with the company's new five-day in-office mandate they can leave for other companies.

Business - CNBC - October 18

Quit if you don’t like our office-working policy, Amazon executive suggests

Matt Garman, head of AWS unit, says ‘there are other companies around’, according to transcript. A senior Amazon executive has suggested that staff who do not like the company’s new ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

UK civil servants told to work three days a week in the office

Decision comes after speculation that Labour ministers would allow more homeworking to bolster morale among officials

Business - Financial Times - October 23

My Employee Takes Credit for the Whole Team’s Work

And two other tricky workplace dilemmas.

Business - Inc. - October 15

Boeing’s labor strike is forcing this company to send hundreds of employees home

Spirit AeroSystems is furloughing 700 employees due to the impact of the strike by Boeing’s machinists.

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

AI demand drives growth and higher spending at Amazon’s cloud business

Ecommerce company’s shares rise as it also gives an upbeat forecast for the holiday quarter

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Why Amazon Can’t Turn Back the Clock

A lot of companies want to drag workers back to the office or insist that consumers revert to their pre-pandemic behavior. They’d better understand that it’s not going to happen.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Alonso-sparked Mets roll, send NLCS back to L.A.

Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the NLCS with a 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5.

Sports - ESPN - October 19

Employee Happiness Is Bouncing Back After a 4-Year Low

Employees haven’t been feeling optimistic lately, but their hopes seem to be rising in the year’s second half, according to a new report.

Business - Inc. - October 30

3 Neuroscience-Backed Habits Managers Should Use to Stop Employee Turnover

Multitasking is the first thing managers must do away with, according to science.

Business - Inc. - November 1

ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure musicians sign AI protest letter against 'unlicensed use' of works

Musicians from ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure have joined actors and authors in signing a protest letter against the mining of their artistry to build artificial intelligence tools

Tech - ABC News - October 22

ABBA, Radiohead, and the Cure Musicians Sign Letter Protesting Unlicensed AI Use of Works

Thousands of artists put their names to a letter decrying any artificial intelligence use of their songs, writings, and images without permission.

Business - Inc. - October 23

Amazon’s CEO Just Defended Its RTO Mandate Again. Employees Still Aren’t Happy

Andy Jassy argues that the company’s new rule slashing remote and hybrid work is a good thing. He’s said it’s all about workplace culture, but many workers say his words ring hollow.

Business - Inc. - 3 days ago

SteelSeries Wireless GameBuds Up For Preorder At Amazon, And They Work With All Platforms

Amazon is now taking preorders for the Arctis GameBuds , the first wireless gaming earbuds manufactured by the team at SteelSeries behind multiple of the best wireless gaming headsets in 2024 . ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 17

Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’

Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US. . A Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Police officer jailed for breaking wife's back

Huw Orphan is jailed for two-and-a-half years after kicking his wife down the stairs.

Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office

What’s really behind these return-to-office mandates?

Tech - Wired - 2 days ago

WATCH: Family sends mom off to work with dance party

Cait Bransgrove’s husband and two children perform a dance for her before she heads off for work every day as a way to lift her spirits.

It’s the Inflation: Why the Working Class Wants Trump Back

Inflation is driving working-class voters of all ethnicities to Trump.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

'I was pressured back to work after fiancee's miscarriages'

Firefighter Oliver Dent says he was accused of "putting the service under strain".

13 former Trump officials sign open letter backing John Kelly's criticism of the former president

Thirteen former Trump White House officials signed an open letter backing up former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, who told the New York Times that Trump fits the definition of a fascist.

Qatar Pauses Role as Mediator in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks

The Qatari Foreign Ministry announced it had stepped back from talks, saying it would resume once Israel and Hamas “show willingness and seriousness.”

Top stories - The New York Times - 3 hours ago

In-office work mandates are really all about control, not efficiency or value

Recent research suggests that return-to-office mandates are more closely associated with managerial desires for control and a tendency to attribute organizational underperformance to the workforce, ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

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