Amazon, AMZN, employees are ‘rage applying’ for new jobs after Andy Jassy’s return to office mandate

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has consistently warned remote workers that if they don’t comply with return-to-office (RTO) mandates, “it’s not going to work out” for them at the company.

However, many Amazon employees, including some managers, have seemingly ignored these guidelines so far.

Experts previously told Fortune that Amazon's 5-day office mandate is more of a "negotiation tactic" to get employees into the office for the three days originally required.

“I wasn’t complying,” said Ben, who lives three hours away from an Amazon office, referring to the previous hybrid policy.

He briefly thought about moving but decided against it: “I chose not to make life-changing decisions since Amazon could fire me at any time, and I don’t want to upend my life just because some manager decided I should come to the office when I was hired remotely and told I could work from anywhere.”

Some managers were still assuring new hires that they could work from home, even after the 3-day office mandate took effect.

One employee revealed that he was hired remotely in May 2023, a month after Amazon announced its initial RTO policy.

“I left a good company nearby to join Amazon because it was a work-from-home position,” said Luca, a millennial analyst. “It’s not that I don’t want to go to the office—there simply isn’t one near me.”

He mentioned that his manager had been covering for his absence from the office, but that’s no longer possible.

“He told me he can’t help anymore, and they’ve made him go into an office as well,” Luca explained, adding that he couldn’t get a clear answer about whether he’d be required to go to the office despite being promised otherwise during his interview.

“I enjoy my job at Amazon, but I need stability, and they aren’t providing that.”

Regardless of whether Jassy's latest move is intended to increase in-person appearances or not, employees have until January 2, 2025 (the deadline he set for relocations) to either call his bluff or quit.

Many of those Fortune spoke with believe that Amazon might be hoping workers will choose the latter.