Get the latest tech news

Leaked document shows Amazon expects to save $1.3 billion by slashing office vacancies and terminating leases early


This will be another blow to the commercial real-estate market, which is already reeling from remote work, overbuilding, and corporate retrenchment.

Last year, Amazon started requiring most employees to be in the office at least three times a week, and forced some remote workers to relocate closer to their central "hubs." Internally, Amazon is aware of how last year's RTO policy caused confusion and frustration among some employees, people familiar with the plans told BI. Amazon expects to save roughly $1.3 billion in coming years by radically reducing office vacancies, according to a person familiar with the matter and an internal document obtained by Business Insider.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Amazon

Amazon

Photo of leases

leases

Photo of Leaked document

Leaked document

Related news:

News photo

Samsung Galaxy S24 phones are on sale for record-low prices at Amazon

News photo

Amazon Spends $2.75 Billion on AI Startup Anthropic in Its Largest Venture Investment Yet

News photo

Amazon invests another $2.75B in Anthropic — reportedly ‘largest’ in company history