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Oct 2024
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Amazon ends remote work. Will other firm...

Financial Times
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Amazon has ordered its staff back to the office five days a week from January. Will other companies follow its lead? Host Isabel Berwick asks Kevin Delaney, the editor-in-chief of media and research firm Charter, what the data says about the efficacy of remote work. They’re joined by the FT’s Emma Jacobs, who argues being in the office is not the solution to every workplace problem.


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Amazon orders staff back to office 5 days a week

Amazon says workers need to be in the office. Most of Silicon Valley disagrees.

The office is not the only solution


Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Breen Turner. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com




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