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Employees who were hired remote and have no office within a reasonable distance should absolutely force Amazon to terminate their employment so they can collect unemployment. Amazon is the one forcing the significant change in employment terms, so employees shouldn't do them a favor and resign if they don't have another job lined up yet.

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notyourwork|3 years ago

Employees who were hired remote can remain remote. Not all employees hired during covid were classified as such. Employees were also able to request exemption from the return to office policy.

alistairSH|3 years ago

So glad I bailed on Amazon. I interviewed during COVID and got weird vibes about BTO plans. I live near some existing AWS offices, but nobody would/could give me any assurance that I could remain remote, or work from those offices (vs those offices being colidated into the HQ2 in Arlington VA). It was all pretty silly as the VP was in Seattle and the rest of my peers would have been scattered (though I would have hired a “local” team, maybe).

dangwhy|3 years ago

> Employees who were hired remote can remain remote.

Where did you get this from though?

macinjosh|3 years ago

I am curious where this is coming from because TFA implies that this policy applies to people who were hired remote. What is the actual distinction between those who have to RTO and those that do not?

> Many employees accepted offers from Amazon with the understanding that their position will be full remote.

swader999|3 years ago

Yes! It's called constructive dismissal in Canada, not sure about other jurisdictions.

ghaff|3 years ago

But probably requires paying lawyers etc. which may or may not be worth it.

funstuff007|3 years ago

So tell me Johnny, why did you leave Amazon?

My boss told me to go back to office, and I said no f'ing way--fire me! And they did.

Probably not a great conversation to have on your next interview.

midoridensha|3 years ago

It seems fine if the new job you're interviewing for is remote-only.

It's also fine if you're interviewing for a company local to you, there's no Amazon location anywhere nearby, and you were fired for refusing to relocate.