War on WFH | Amazon warns staff their office attendance will affect promotion prospects

Amazon has warned employees that their promotion prospects will be dashed if they do not start turning up to the office.

An internal memo issued by the company, seen by Business Insider, told staff that if they’re not hitting their office-time targets, and they don’t have approval from senior figures to skip office days, that their career progression will be hindered.

The company imposed an office mandate of three days per week earlier this year, prompting an angry backlash from employees, with over 30,000 signing a petition calling for it to be revoked.

At the time, a spokesperson for the business said: “There’s more energy, collaboration, and connections happening since we’ve been working together at least three days per week, and we’ve heard this from lots of employees and the businesses that surround our offices.