Autocratic leadership? | Amazon CEO gives workforce ultimatum, but good employees can't be replaced

Since the pandemic, tech giants have made headlines for various reasons.

There was an initial boom of employment over the lockdown periods, but this later calmed and eventually reversed as the majority of tech behemoths began to sack their staff in a series of mass layoffs, to curb the impact of external economic pressures and streamline their workforce.

The impact this has had on the wellbeing and morale of former and current workers has been well documented. At the start of the year, Amazon announced it was cutting 18,000 jobs, which left many of its staff apprehensive – with those sacked workers resenting the company, and many of those who kept their jobs resenting the way their colleagues were coldly cut off.

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In a recent event in the Amazon saga, its CEO Andy Jassy has come under scrutiny for telling his workforce, who have been mandated to return to the office for a minimum of three days a week, that “it’s past the time to disagree” and “it’s probably not going to work out” if they defy the new policies.