Bloomberg — This week Amazon issued new guidance to managers informing them that they can now fire employees who don’t comply with the company’s return-to-work policy, and laying out the process for doing so, according to Business Insider.
The internal document reportedly instructs managers that they should first speak privately with employees who do not meet the requirement of being in the office at least three days a week and have a second conversation after the employee still refuses to show up. If the employee still doesn’t show up to the office as required after that, they could risk being fired.
Amazon had notified employees in February that most would need to be in the office at least three days a week starting in May. Under this rule, some employees would need to move to fulfil the requirement.
According to Amazon spokesman Rob Muñoz, “Now that we’re a few months in, the vast majority of our employees are coming to the office more frequently each week, there’s more energy, connection, and collaboration, and we’re hearing it from our employees and from the businesses around our offices. As we expect with any policy, we expect our team to follow them and will take appropriate action if someone chooses not to.”
Muñoz said a relatively small number of employees are required to relocate, and that the company offers relocation benefits to anyone who is asked to do so.
In late August, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warned there could be a crackdown for anyone who still doesn’t comply with the return-to-work policy. “I understand if you can’t disagree and are committed to (the return-to-work policy), but you may not be a good fit for Amazon because we’re going to be back in the office at least three days a week.” Jassy said in a meeting, “For all of our teammates, coming in more than three days a week is the right thing to do, and it’s not OK for some people to refuse to do that.”
The e-commerce giant employs more than 1.46 million people globally and has a number of offices, including its headquarters in Seattle and a second headquarters in Arlington, Va.
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