Amazon to Employees: Relocate Near Your Team Within 30 Days or Resign Without Severance

According to a new allegation, Amazon has requested that some of its employees relocate closer to their bosses and teams or resign without a severance package.

According to a Bloomberg story citing sources familiar with the situation, certain business employees have been told to relocate to places such as Seattle, Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, DC, potentially requiring many to relocate across the country.

Amazon's Relocation Policy Sparks Concern Among Employees

Amazon's new relocation policy has added to employee concerns since they already face job cuts and management predictions that artificial intelligence will reduce their role in the future years. According to one source cited by Bloomberg, the new regulation will affect thousands of Amazon employees from various teams.

According to the source, mid-career employees with children in school and spouses with established occupations are unlikely to relocate elsewhere.

Employees Given 30-Day Deadline to Relocate or Resign

According to Bloomberg, Amazon employees have been sharing information about the company's new relocation policy through internal Slack channels.

One employee, according to the news agency, stated that their team manager notified them of the need for relocation. The manager reportedly told his squad that they had 30 days to make a decision about relocating. After that, they will have 60 days to resign or initiate the relocation procedure.

The manager further stated that staff who quit rather than relocated would not receive severance pay.

Amazon speaks

Regarding Amazon's relocation policy, a spokesperson told Bloomberg that "for more than a year now, some teams have been working to bring their teammates closer together to help them be as effective as possible, but there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach, and there hasn't been a change in our approach as a company."

"We hear from the majority of our teammates that they love the energy from being located together, and whenever someone chooses to or is asked to relocate, we work with them to offer support based on their circumstances," according to a spokesman.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated earlier this week that generative artificial intelligence will shrink the company's employment in the coming years as the online giant ramps up its use of the technology.

"We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today and more people doing other types of jobs," Jassy wrote in an email to workers. "It's hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company."