> S-team listened to employees, watched how our teams performed, talked to leaders at other companies, and got together on several occasions to discuss if and how we should adjust our approach.
> I’m also optimistic that this shift will provide a boost for the thousands of businesses located around our urban headquarter locations
> just popping by a teammate’s office later that day with another thought
I love this, return to the office to get your focused work interrupted, spend your hard-earned money around the headquarters, but most importantly because the "S-team" thinks you should.
Andy Jassy probably never worked as an SDE if he truly thinks any of the above is motivating.
> what would best enable us to make customers’ lives better and easier every day
As someone working for AWS, better uptime, lower costs, and higher feature throughput. How about justifying return to office with hard numbers showing that we've fallen short on those points instead of just handwaving that "it's better".
> I’m also optimistic that this shift will provide a boost for the thousands of businesses located around our urban headquarter locations
> just popping by a teammate’s office later that day with another thought
I love this, return to the office to get your focused work interrupted, spend your hard-earned money around the headquarters, but most importantly because the "S-team" thinks you should.
Andy Jassy probably never worked as an SDE if he truly thinks any of the above is motivating.
> what would best enable us to make customers’ lives better and easier every day
As someone working for AWS, better uptime, lower costs, and higher feature throughput. How about justifying return to office with hard numbers showing that we've fallen short on those points instead of just handwaving that "it's better".