Amazon Web Services (AWS) delivered a major blow in the ongoing war of RTO last week when its CEO, Andy Jassy, announced in a memo that it was bringing back five-day in-office work weeks.
Not surprisingly, the announcement has caused blowback from unhappy employees and countless articles questioning the CEO’s approach —as well as questions about whether other giants will follow suit.
“Some managers would like to just get everybody back in person, and that’s not going to happen,” says Trish Reay, vice-dean of the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta.
