Amazon.Photo: gettyAmazon is the latest tech giant to extend its return-to-office date once again.The company will not ask corporate employees to return to in-person work until the first week of 2022, PEOPLE confirmed Thursday. That’s a four-month push from their previous return date of September 7.While Amazon hasn’t mandated vaccines for its employees, when staffers do return on January 3, they will be required to show proof of vaccination or else wear a mask.Amazon’s warehouse workers — who have kept the distributor profitable, fulfilling an influx of online orders throughout the pandemic — are not required to wear a mask if they have been fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated workers must still mask up.“We will continue to follow local government guidance and work closely with leading medical healthcare professionals, gathering their advice and recommendations as we go forward to ensure our work spaces areoptimized for the safety of our teams,” Amazon said in a statement, according to theWall Street Journal.Amazon.Chesnot/GettyInreturn-to-work guidance, Amazon said that employees will be expected to be in the office three days a week, and corporate employees will have the option to work fully remote for four weeks per year.Amazon’s delay comes after similar announcements from Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple, which have allmade adjustments to their return to work plansamid concerns about the highly contagious Delta variant ofCOVID-19.In late July,Twitter announcedit is once again closing its New York and San Francisco offices. The buildings had just reopened July 12, with employees permitted to return voluntarily.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Twitter Headquarters.Justin Sullivan/GettyIn addition to pushing its return-to-office date back to October 18, Google announced that all workers returning to the company’s campusmust be vaccinated, except for those with medical exceptions or other “protected reasons.“Facebook, which has been criticized for the spread of misinformation on its platform about COVID-19, willalso require employees to be vaccinatedbefore returning to its offices.Apple announced last month that it had pushed back its reopening date to October, after CEO Tim Cook told employees in June to expect to be back in the office at least three days a week beginning in September.“As the situation continues to evolve, we’re committed to the same measured approach that we have taken all along,” the company told employees, according toThe New York Times.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
Amazon.Photo: getty
Amazon is the latest tech giant to extend its return-to-office date once again.The company will not ask corporate employees to return to in-person work until the first week of 2022, PEOPLE confirmed Thursday. That’s a four-month push from their previous return date of September 7.While Amazon hasn’t mandated vaccines for its employees, when staffers do return on January 3, they will be required to show proof of vaccination or else wear a mask.Amazon’s warehouse workers — who have kept the distributor profitable, fulfilling an influx of online orders throughout the pandemic — are not required to wear a mask if they have been fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated workers must still mask up.“We will continue to follow local government guidance and work closely with leading medical healthcare professionals, gathering their advice and recommendations as we go forward to ensure our work spaces areoptimized for the safety of our teams,” Amazon said in a statement, according to theWall Street Journal.Amazon.Chesnot/GettyInreturn-to-work guidance, Amazon said that employees will be expected to be in the office three days a week, and corporate employees will have the option to work fully remote for four weeks per year.Amazon’s delay comes after similar announcements from Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple, which have allmade adjustments to their return to work plansamid concerns about the highly contagious Delta variant ofCOVID-19.In late July,Twitter announcedit is once again closing its New York and San Francisco offices. The buildings had just reopened July 12, with employees permitted to return voluntarily.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Twitter Headquarters.Justin Sullivan/GettyIn addition to pushing its return-to-office date back to October 18, Google announced that all workers returning to the company’s campusmust be vaccinated, except for those with medical exceptions or other “protected reasons.“Facebook, which has been criticized for the spread of misinformation on its platform about COVID-19, willalso require employees to be vaccinatedbefore returning to its offices.Apple announced last month that it had pushed back its reopening date to October, after CEO Tim Cook told employees in June to expect to be back in the office at least three days a week beginning in September.“As the situation continues to evolve, we’re committed to the same measured approach that we have taken all along,” the company told employees, according toThe New York Times.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
Amazon is the latest tech giant to extend its return-to-office date once again.
The company will not ask corporate employees to return to in-person work until the first week of 2022, PEOPLE confirmed Thursday. That’s a four-month push from their previous return date of September 7.
While Amazon hasn’t mandated vaccines for its employees, when staffers do return on January 3, they will be required to show proof of vaccination or else wear a mask.
Amazon’s warehouse workers — who have kept the distributor profitable, fulfilling an influx of online orders throughout the pandemic — are not required to wear a mask if they have been fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated workers must still mask up.
“We will continue to follow local government guidance and work closely with leading medical healthcare professionals, gathering their advice and recommendations as we go forward to ensure our work spaces areoptimized for the safety of our teams,” Amazon said in a statement, according to theWall Street Journal.
Amazon.Chesnot/Getty
Inreturn-to-work guidance, Amazon said that employees will be expected to be in the office three days a week, and corporate employees will have the option to work fully remote for four weeks per year.
Amazon’s delay comes after similar announcements from Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple, which have allmade adjustments to their return to work plansamid concerns about the highly contagious Delta variant ofCOVID-19.
In late July,Twitter announcedit is once again closing its New York and San Francisco offices. The buildings had just reopened July 12, with employees permitted to return voluntarily.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Twitter Headquarters.Justin Sullivan/Getty
In addition to pushing its return-to-office date back to October 18, Google announced that all workers returning to the company’s campusmust be vaccinated, except for those with medical exceptions or other “protected reasons.”
Facebook, which has been criticized for the spread of misinformation on its platform about COVID-19, willalso require employees to be vaccinatedbefore returning to its offices.
Apple announced last month that it had pushed back its reopening date to October, after CEO Tim Cook told employees in June to expect to be back in the office at least three days a week beginning in September.
“As the situation continues to evolve, we’re committed to the same measured approach that we have taken all along,” the company told employees, according toThe New York Times.
As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from theCDC,WHOandlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
source: people.com
