The future of work might not look 🐷as different from it👍s past as we once thought. 

In a message to Amazon.com (AMZN) employees, CEO Andy Jassy told the tech and retail giant’s workers that, starting next year, five days a week of in-office work would be the norm.

“Before the pandemic, it was not a given that folks could work remotely two days a w༒eek, and that will also be true moving forward,” Jassy wrote. “Our expectation is that people will be in the🍃 office outside of extenuating circumstances.”

Amazon’s quite-public announcement—it was published Monday on the company’s website—was the latest development in the post-pandemic evolution of the office. Many companies that were quick to embrace 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:distributed workplaces enabled by technology have rolled things back, though some surveys indicate that remote and hybrid arrangements 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:are still popular among both companies and employees.  

Aim is to Strengthen Culture

The company's news was part of a lengthy memo—“Hey team," it opened, "I wanted to send a note on a couple changes we’re making to further strengthen our culture and teams”—that also covered efforts to “flatten” the organization, root out “bureaucracy or unnecessary process,” and rework offices that had been reworked into flexible spaces to accommodate assigned desks.

Jassy’s message allowed for the possibility of exceptions, wh🦄ether for immediate needs🐷 (like sick family members) or work-related contingencies (like travel or project-specific work) but made clear that the goal was to get people together. 

“If anything," he said, "the last 15 months we’ve been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits."