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Orianna Rosa Royle

Amazon's Andy Jassy ordered a full-time return to the office—but research says he’ll backtrack next year

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Amazon is making its employees go back to the office five days a week from January—sparking global panic among professionals that their employer may do the same. But really, research suggests that the tech giant’s CEO Andy Jassy could backtrack on the toughened stance soon.  

Flex Index analyzed office requirements at more than 9,000 companies (who collectively, employ more than 100 million people) and found that around half of U.S. firms asked workers to return to the office last January.

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