Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not meant to force attrition or satisfy city leaders, as many employees have suggested.

Some speculated that the five-day-per-week mandate is a “layoff in disguise,” intended to push out employees who couldn’t or wouldn’t make the full return. “A number of people I’ve seen theorized that the reason we were doing this is,

SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon chief executive officer Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Nov 5 that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not meant to force attrition or appease city officials, as many employees have suggested.

You know, this was not a cost play for us. This is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture,” CEO Jassy said.