Ex-Amazon Employee Slams Company's "Return-To-Office Policy", Post Viral
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Mr McBride, who worked at Amazon for a year until June 2023, shared his thoughts on CEO Andy Jassy's announcement.
John McBride, a former software engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), claims that Amazon is using its new return-to-office mandate as a strategy to reduce its workforce. Mr McBride, who worked at Amazon for a year until June 2023, shared his thoughts on CEO Andy Jassy's announcement, saying it shouldn't have surprised anyone familiar with the company's long-standing practices. I'm a former AWS employee: most of the hot takes on Amazon's new strict return-to-office policy are wrong.Anyone who's been paying attention saw this coming years ago. And ultimately, it comes down to taxes and economics.Here's their plan:Phase 1: layoff over 30k people.…
According to Mr McBride, the move is largely motivated by "taxes and economics." He explained that Amazon's workforce reduction plan unfolded in five phases. The first phase involved laying off 30,000 employees, followed by the second phase—implementing the return-to-office policy. The third phase, called "return to team," required employees to work from offices where their team members were physically based.
Mr McBride described his own experience, noting that he had a 20-minute commute to the Denver office. However, when the company required employees to relocate to Seattle, many chose to leave, including McBride, who resigned in 2023 rather than relocate.
