Jassy, who took over from Jeff Bezos as CEO in 2022, added personal emphasis to his message.

He noted he has worked at the tech company for 27 of its 29 years of existence.

Before Covid, he noted, not everybody was in the office five days a week, every week.

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Amazon corporate office building in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaGI

This was understood, and will be moving forward as well.

Certain employees, he acknowledged, have had a remote work exception approved by their supervisor.

In addition to the in-office requirement, flexible desk arrangements will also largely give way to assigned workspaces.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Jeff Bezos.