4 days Ago By The Straits Times
Anjli Raval There have been a series of employers quietly justifying smaller scale dismissals because of seemingly minor violations of company policy. Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy recently told employees that a new plan requiring them to be in the office five days a week did not amount to a “backdoor layoff”. Yet his reported comments at a company-wide meeting last week did not rebut a previous suggestion from a senior manager that staff who fail to comply could look for work elsewhere.
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