Amazon back-to-office policy ‘a bummer’ for Singapore employees, but more tech firms could follow suit

He added that Amazon wants to “operate like the largest startup in the world,” which includes being” joined at the hip with your friends when inventing and solving difficult issues.”

Other businesses that are known for their “hustle culture,” quite as Bytedance, the parent company of TikTok, now require employees to work daily from the office, according to Mr. Ethan Ang, co-founder of Nodeflair, a tech talent platform.

Nevertheless, not all researchers agree.

Amazon’s shift is “quite unexpected” as it goes against the trend of hybrid work becoming normalised, said Mr Sachet Sethi, senior director of technology and change at recruitment firm Robert Walters Singapore.

A complete return to the office may make it challenging to find and retain talent. Some employees may have to commute long distances and work long hours, he said, which can also affect how many successful hours they work.

People may think that management mistreats and mistreats them. According to Mr. Sethi, they might even feel worn out or burned out due to having to work every day.

One of the world’s foremost experts on work institution, health, and well-being called “dinosaurs of our age” in an appointment with the Guardian.

” If you value and trust people to get on with their job, and give them autonomy – and flexible work is one of those – they’ll work better, you’ll retain them and they will be less likely to have a stress-related illness” ,&nbsp, said Professor Cary Cooper, &nbsp, who is known for coining the term “presenteeism”.

” If you micromanage, you wo n’t get productivity gains, and you wo n’t attract the next generation”.

One of the Amazon workers CNA spoke with claimed that the hybrid work environment, which some had joined the company during the pandemic, was what they were taught, and that the adaptation may take some getting used to.

But she also pointed out that&nbsp, it is a “privilege” to have the option of working from home.

” I did n’t sign up for the job because it was hybrid”, she said. &nbsp,

” I’ll just consider it and tackle it along the way,” I said,” of course, the change may disturb my lifestyle, it would upset some of the points I used to do.” If it really becomes quite a discomfort point, I’ll merely find another job that offers versatility”.

IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES AND Loyalty

The new legislation would begin on January 2 of next year, according to Mr. Jassy, in order to provide the required lifestyle changes.

Given that many people have built a life around cross work, the individual who CNA spoke to claimed the lead time to make changes is “quite small.”

This could be “very, very disruptive”, in special for those whose schedules use specific pledges, he said.

Nodeflair’s Mr Ang said that while income and job opportunity are still the most important elements when choosing an company, the product’s data suggests that about 70 per cent of people treat hybrid work plans as “non-negotiable”.