Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition
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Diamond Naga Siu
Mar 24, 2023, 18:05 IST
Amazon SVP of Human Resources Beth GalettiREUTERS/Al Drago
It's finally Friday, friend-o. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I've made it through another week of procrastination (AKA talking too much).
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I spend a lot of my day thinking about writing. Then I talk for hours with colleagues about anything and everything. But once my stress hits a breaking point, I might finally hunker down with noise-canceling headphones to write.
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Before I go test out this technique, let's dive into today's tech.
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1. Amazon rejects an anti-return-to-office petition. Beth Galetti, the company's HR head, formally responded to a letter that gathered ~30,000 employee signatures. She sent an email to the group that organized the anti-office advocacy. Insider obtained her full memo.
Galetti wrote in her email that Amazon's guiding principle is to "make our customers' lives better and easier every day." She said the company is confident that office work will increase the company's ability to deliver for customers.
Disappointed Amazon employees flooded an internal Slack channel called "remote advocacy" after her response. One person called the response disconnected. Another said they felt like a "total failure" after the unsuccessful appeal.
My colleague Eugene Kim obtained Galetti's full email and walks us through how Amazon employees feel about the response.
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Curated by Diamond Naga Siu in Los Angeles. (Feedback or tips? Email dsiu@insider.com or tweet @diamondnagasiu) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet @gamoid) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.
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