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Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much
(www.theguardian.com)
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Some staff members were alerted on Wednesday they were “not currently meeting our expectation of joining your colleagues in the office at least three days a week”, according to emails shared with the Financial Times.Some employees reported receiving the email by mistake and were encouraged to clarify their attendance with human resources.
As of May 2022, 48% of tech workers said they were working fully remotely, up from 22% before the onset of the pandemic, according to a study from Morning Consult.
The trend has marked a major shift from the heyday of Silicon Valley, during which tech giants like Google, Meta and Apple spent billions to build massive campuses equipped with perks like catered food, laundry facilities and exercise centers to keep employees on the premises as much as possible.
Workers rights groups say pushing employees back to the office against their will stands only to strengthen the growing labor movement in the tech space.
Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 are up 12.5% in the past week and deaths up 10%, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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