Amazon's return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that.

Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji implemented an in-office policy when the startup was founded in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo /) As a former big-tech

Remember HQ2? Amazon.com’s 2017 quest to expand its North American base beyond Seattle sparked a circus-like courtship to host as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs. The new location in northern Virginia hasn’t lived up to the hype,

A couple of weeks before Amazon announced its empire-wide return-to-office mandate -- one that requires all Amazon employees to come back to work on-site five days a week -- I happened to be having drinks with a close friend who is head of HR at a high-growth-stage tech startup with a universal remote work policy.

Companies clinging to pre-pandemic office norms are missing the point entirely. Amazon just might be one of them.