Amazon enforces new office hours rule and targets 'coffee badging'
Amazon implements new office-hours rule to combat "coffee badging," requiring corporate employees to spend 2-6 hours per visit in the office. CEO warns non-compliant workers to leave, emphasizing in-person collaboration importance.
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Amazon has implemented a new office-hours rule to crack down on "coffee badging" employees who briefly visit the office to meet return-to-office (RTO) requirements. Corporate employees are now required to spend a minimum of 2-6 hours per visit in the office, with some teams being told to stay at least six hours. This move aims to prevent employees from badge in, getting coffee, and leaving shortly after. The RTO policy, which mandates office attendance three times a week, has faced resistance from Amazon workers, with some finding ways to bypass the new mandates. Amazon's CEO, Andy Jassy, has warned non-compliant employees to leave the company. The company is now directly addressing employees who haven't spent enough time in the office to emphasize the importance of in-person collaboration. The enforcement of RTO policies is not unique to Amazon, as more companies are taking action against "coffee badging" practices, with some terminating noncompliant employees. Despite the strict measures, some employees have already found ways to circumvent the new attendance policy, raising questions about its effectiveness and transparency.
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7 comments>>Even so, at least one Amazon employee seems to have already found a way to circumvent the new attendance policy.
This person wrote in the Slack channel that they were able to badge in through one of the back rooms located in their local Whole Foods store (Whole Foods is an Amazon subsidiary). The door didn't unlock, this person added, but the badge-in did register as an attendance on Amazon's internal report.
"Could I badge into this door 3 days per week and save myself from having to commute to the office?" the person wrote in Slack.
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