Amazon Employees Are Fighting on Slack About Returning to the Office

An anonymous reader shares this report from Entrepreneur:Amazon employees are fighting it out about the company's planned return to the office in Slack channels, according to Insider. First, employees created a Slack channel to fight against the policy. Then, a pro-office return group was formed, the outlet reported.... Per CNBC, "remote advocacy" became a common Slack channel status. However, some people who welcomed a return to office life fought back, Insider reported. Over 700 people joined a pro-return-to-office group. Its description says employees need to "Think Big" about the return to office policy. (By comparison, the pro-working remotely channel has around 28,000 members.) "I look forward to the prospect of seeing more of my coworkers in the office," one person reportedly wrote in the channel. Another said that the company should try out the four-day workweek and swap out the remote-flexible schedule. Another message links to a 2021 article in the Harvard Business Review called: "Why You May Actually Want to Go Back to the Office."

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