An Amazon worker worked remotely for four years, but when asked to return to the US office, he decided to quit. He left company shares worth $200,000, but the person, whose name we will call John Schonhoff, does not regret the decision.
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Schonhoff spoke to Business Insider.
Why did the man resign?
He explained that the company’s office return policy would have meant moving from New York to Seattle, abandoning the life he loved.
“I enjoyed my job at Amazon” Schonhoff told the publication.
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“For over three and a half years as a software development manager, I was excited about the work we were doing and the team I was building. If it weren’t for the crackdown on their return to the office policy, I would still be there with the bells on and a smile on your face.”
Schonhoff mentioned that he started working for the tech giant in April 2020. That’s when the COVID pandemic led the company to implement its initial work-from-home policy. During this time, he had only visited the office a few times.
“I live in New York. My wife and I just bought our dream property. There was no chance I would ever move (to Seattle).” he told Business Insider.
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He tried to negotiate with the company and requested an extension.
As a software development manager, he informed his boss that moving his family and livestock to Seattle would cost him around $150,000 (around Rs 1.2 million). She also asked about the availability of a relocation package.
“I did not receive an answer” he said.
Pressure from the company grew and there were discussions that employees were less productive while working from home. However, there was no data to support these claims.
“And then they told us, ‘We don’t have the data; we just know it’s true,’ a phrase so clearly anti-Amazonian that it became difficult to sit there and preach leadership principles… It didn’t make any sense. “He still doesn’t have it.” Schönhoff said.
He highlighted that the return-to-office policy was the main catalyst for his departure from Amazon.
He expressed his desire to continue with the company, but he couldn’t ignore the impression that the way they implemented this policy seemed deliberate to alienate people.
Currently, Schonhoff has found a new professional opportunity: working alongside a former Amazon colleague at a startup, while continuing to work remotely.
He speaks enthusiastically about this new chapter in his career. However, he makes it clear that if he ever had to return to working from an office, he would not hesitate to actively explore other career options.
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