Amazon corporate employees are being ordered to move to be closer to their teams and managers, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Amazon asked the affected workers to move to Seattle, Arlington, Virginia, or the District of Columbia, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Wednesday.
The policy could affect thousands of employees, the sources told Bloomberg.
The worldwide online commerce giant has corporate offices in Seattle, Arlington and Nashville, Tennessee.
The mandate is not being announced en masse through email or other means, but is instead being communicated to workers through one-on-one meetings and in company town halls.
The relocation policy is in line with changes Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced to employees in September.
Mr. Jassy said that Amazon would be going back to its pre-COVID office policies starting on Jan. 2, 2025, in which remote work was allowed only under extenuating circumstances and for employees with specific remote work exceptions. He also addressed location-specific assignments for workers.
“We are also going to bring back assigned desk arrangements in locations that were previously organized that way, including the U.S. headquarters locations (Puget Sound and Arlington),” Mr. Jassy wrote.
