After employees went on strike dissatisfied with the 'return to office' policy, Amazon was exposed as 'retaliatory' in punishing and firing an employee

News from this site on June 24. According to a report by The Verge last Saturday local time, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a lawsuit against Seattle-based Amazon, accusing the company of "illegal discipline" And fired an employee who helped organize a strike last May to protest Amazon’s new resumption directive issued early last year.

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This site summarizes the events:

• February 2023: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent an email to company employees outlining the new guidelines for resumption of work. Previously, individual teams within the company could decide where their employees would work, but Jassy’s email shows that starting May 1, 2023, most Amazon employees will be required to work in the office at least three days a week , with sales staff and Some positions, such as customer support staff, are exempt.

• May-June 2023: Thousands of Amazon employees signed a petition against the new rules and went on strike.

• August 2023: In a meeting that month, Andy Jassy reiterated the company’s commitment to having employees back in the office most of the week, according to Insider.

The NLRB complaint alleges that Amazon used its internal Chime system to “interrogate” employees about the strike. After the employee involved organized the strike, he was first included in Amazon's

Performance Improvement Plan: If the employee signs a severance agreement and a global publishing agreement in exchange for resigning, Amazon will pay a severance package equivalent to nine weeks' salary.

Amazon has since responded to the NLRB complaint, issuing a statement to The Verge saying:

The facts make it clear that this had nothing to do with whether the former employee objected to our return-to-work guidance. She has been underperforming

for almost a year, failing to complete assigned projects on multiple occasions. Despite extensive support and guidance from the company, the former employee was unable to improve his performance and chose to leave the company.

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