Amazon Postpones Return To Office Until January 2022; Won't Implement Vaccine Mandate

Amazon told employees Thursday that it will delay its timeline for returning to regular work in the office until early next year. GeekWire reports: The new date: Jan. 3, 2022. Previously, Amazon had expected employees to start working in the office regularly the week of Sept. 7. However, Amazon stopped short of implementing a vaccine mandate for those who do work in the office, as companies including Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have done. Amazon said it requires employees to wear masks in the office, except for those who can verify they've been fully vaccinated. Earlier this week, Google told staff that it's approved 85% of employee requests to work remotely or relocate once its offices fully re-open. 'Google is one the largest companies trying a hybrid approach to returning from the pandemic,' reports Bloomberg. 'It will ask most of its staff to go back to work in their previous offices, but let others do their jobs elsewhere.'

Shockingly, only 10,000 of Google's 145,000+ employees asked to work from home.

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