Amazon return to office policy5 days a week.

What the policy says.

• Covers about 350,000 corporate employees.
• Exceptions are limited to 'extenuating circumstances' (for example a sick child, a home emergency or customer travel) and Remote Work Exceptions approved through an S-team leader.
• Assigned desks returned in offices that had them before the pandemic.
• Some offices (for example New York and Atlanta) started up to about four months late because of desk shortages. UK and Netherlands offices are reported to be more flexible.
• Starting in 2023, some employees were told to relocate to designated 'hub' offices.
• Dec 2025: a manager dashboard started tracking office hours over a rolling 8 weeks. It flags 'Low-Time Badgers' (median under 4 hours/day), 'Zero Badgers' and 'Unassigned Building Badgers' (Business Insider).

How Amazon's policy changed since 2020.

1. March 2020

   Corporate staff move to remote work during COVID-19.

2. October 2021

   CEO Andy Jassy says there is no company-wide baseline and team leaders decide.

3. February 17, 2023

   Jassy memo sets at least 3 office days a week, starting May 1, 2023.

4. May 1, 2023

   Three-day policy takes effect.

5. July 2023

   Some employees told to relocate to hub offices.

6. September 16, 2024

   Jassy memo sets five days a week from Jan 2, 2025 and brings back assigned desks.

7. December 2024

   Some locations delayed because of desk shortages (Bloomberg).

8. January 2, 2025

   Five-day policy takes effect.

9. December 2025

   Manager dashboard starts flagging employees with low office hours.

Sources and how sure we are.

1. 1.CEO Andy Jassy's latest update on Amazon's return-to-office, manager team ratio Amazon (About Amazon), September 16, 2024
2. 2.This is the day Amazon's return-to-office policy takes effect KUOW
3. 3.Which companies are enforcing five-day office returns? Raconteur, April 20, 2026
4. 4.Why Amazon is Measuring Office Hours Flex Index (citing Business Insider), January 13, 2026
5. 5.Amazon RTO dashboard report Business Insider, January 2026

Days a week are for most US corporate employees; some teams, roles and countries differ. Spot something out of date? Email hello@forgot.dev.

Other tech employers, side by side.

• Dell5 days a week, since March 20255
• X (Twitter)5 days a week, since November 20225
• Intel4 days a week, since September 20254
• Snap4 days a week, since February 20234
• Apple3 days a week, since September 20223
• Expedia Group3 days a week3
• Google (Alphabet)3 days a week, since April 20223
• IBM3 days a week, since January 20243

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