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Amazon will end remote work for its administrative employees by January 2025, requiring a full return to the office as the company shifts back to pre-pandemic norms.
Amazon has announced that all administrative employees must return to full-time, in-office work starting 2 January 2025. This decision brings an end to the two days per week of remote work previously available to the employees of the US e-commerce giant in Luxembourg.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy informed administrative staff of the change on Monday, marking a shift back to pre-pandemic working arrangements.
A spokesperson for Amazon's Luxembourg branch confirmed that the change will affect all 4,250 employees in the country, where Amazon's European headquarters are located. Amazon is currently the fifth-largest employer in Luxembourg.
In just over three months, employees working in the company's seven offices in the Kirchberg neighbourhood will therefore no longer have the option of remote work. However, Amazon's management emphasised that offering flexible working hours will remain a priority.
At present, Luxembourg-based employees work three days in the office and two days remotely. Cross-border workers, however, face different rules. For example, employees commuting from France are limited to a maximum of 34 remote working days per year.
Five days in the office starting January 2025
In February 2023, Amazon began requiring employees to be in the office three days a week. Starting on 2 January 2025, this will increase to five days a week, as confirmed by CEO Andy Jassy on Monday.
In an internal message, Jassy explained that after evaluating the past five years, the company concluded that having employees fully present in the office offers significant benefits. He noted that being in the office makes it easier for employees to learn, collaborate, and contribute to building the company's culture. Jassy emphasised that in-person work facilitates better communication, innovation, and teamwork.
Despite the return to full-time office work, Amazon will continue offering flexible work arrangements for locations that had such systems before the pandemic, "including large parts of Europe."
In 2023, following a series of layoffs, Amazon's administrative workforce numbered between 300,000 and 350,000 globally. This figure does not include warehouse and delivery staff, who represent the majority of the company's workforce, totalling around 1.5 million employees.
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