Laura was working from home when her husband forwarded her a link to the news: Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week. It was the first time the working mom, who has been with Amazon for over four years,

Hundreds of employees at Amazon’s corporate offices have expressed their displeasure over CEO Andy Jassy’s directive for them to return to the office five days a week beginning early next year, according to a report.

The return-to-office mandate is a sharp change from its current hybrid policy, which requires employees to work from the office at least three days a week.

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy has signaled an end to the company’s work-from-home policy, telling staff in a lengthy memo on Monday that they’re going to be required to sit in the office five days a week.

Half of U.S. firms asked workers to return to the office last year—only a third have kept their strict 5-day in-office mandates in place

SEATTLE — Amazon employees will return to the office five days a week starting Jan. 2, 2025, according to a memo from CEO Andy Jassy. Workers have been working in person three days a week since May 1, 2023, and Jassy said the move has "strengthened our conviction about the benefits."

Some Amazon employees have already changed their status on LinkedIn to #opentowork as they openly search for more flexible jobs.

More than 95 percent tech companies in the U.S. still allow some extent of remote work. Amazon’s abrupt shift could change that.

Amazon is bringing employees back to the office five days per week. For some, that's making them question their future at the tech giant.