While Amazon’s stance is less draconian than Musk’s — who told Tesla staff in 2022 if they are not in the office at least 40 hours a week they can “pretend to work somewhere else” — the policy puts Amazon at odds with most of its tech rivals.

According to analysis by Inrix, a Kirkland, Wash.-based transportation software and data provider, Amazon’s May 2023 directive — and other back-to-office mandates that followed — had a significant effect on slowing down traffic on major commute routes.

Amazon's return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that.

Amazon's hard-core move to push employees back into the office five days a week is a signal that — in the tech sector at least — employers have regained some leverage over workers. Why it matters: The labor market has weakened.

My company got real strict about RTO last year insisting on 3 days in the office and laying off fully remote workers. 9 months later they have dropped the policy.”

Amazon told its staff to return to the office five days a week and Founder and CEO of RexMont Real Estate Adriano Tori is on Good Day Seattle to talk about the impact on housing.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told staff in a memo that barring "extenuating circumstances," employees would be expected to be in the office starting Jan. 2. The move puts Amazon in the same category as companies like Tesla,