- Amazon tech and corporate employees will not return regularly to the office until January 2022.
- The company is monitoring COVID-19 conditions around the world, according to an email seen by the Seattle Times.
- The announcement follows similar moves by Uber and Microsoft, who currently plan to return in October.
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Amazon is pushing back the planned return of its tech and corporate employees to the office, according to internal emails seen by the Seattle Times.
"As we continue to closely watch conditions related to COVID-19, we are adjusting our guidance for corporate employees in the U.S. and other countries where we had previously anticipated our employees would begin coming in regularly the week of Sept. 7," Amazon human resources chief Beth Galetti wrote, according to the Times. "We are now extending this date to Jan. 3, 2022."
In June, the company said office employees would be able to work remotely up to two days per week, softening its earlier stance on having an "office-centric culture" by the fall.
Last week, Insider's Tom Dotan reported that ride-hailing giant Uber was pushing it's office return back to October and require all office workers to be vaccinated.
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced it too would push the return-to-office plan back to October and require proof of vaccination from all employees, vendors, and guests.
Amazon didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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