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They can make a request for it but doing that and people actually bothering are two entirely different things.

Lucky for them the industry is laying off tons of people, so they might end up with the upper hand in this one, unlike the last 10 years.

Yeah but you can't just lay off senior employees as a scare tactic.

When you're as big as Amazon, you probably can. They could coast for a long time and be ok.

Getting fired for not reporting for duty is different from a layoff

You really think you're going to keep your job if you don't show up to work?

Sure they'll always make a few exceptions, usually temporary for extenuating circumstances, but you'd better have a real good reason why you deserve special treatment.

I would simply continue to WFH. I don’t need to work for a woeful company that tries such antics. Amazon is a trash company in my view so I would be indifferent.

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