Amazon CEO denies full in-office mandate is 'backdoor layoff'

It's pretty straight, he's getting rid of all the staff that won't follow his lead.

I don’t understand why many people are unwilling to believe that C-suite execs pushing for RTO genuinely believe in it. Regardless of your personal opinion about it!<p>Asking for data is also equally baffling to me. What is Amazon supposed to measure? JIRA tickets completed? Velocity? It’s well accepted that these metrics are meaningless noise, and yet…

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The article is a bit vague regarding the actual reason (strengthening the company’s culture).<p>Not sure helps proving their case.

I think it comes down to executives believing that they should offshore any role that is done remotely since it is cheaper to do so. Therefore, Americans are only (maybe?) worth the wage premium that they command if they go to a shared office.<p>But local tax breaks are a compelling explanation also.