Modern work has changed forever, helped by technology such as Amazon's cloud services. Getting biblical about in-office attendance is outdated.

Amazon is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week starting next year, reverting to its pre-pandemic policy

Amazon's mandate that its workers return to the office five days a week is giving nearby Seattle retailers something to cheer about — though thousands of Amazon employees losing their hybrid work schedules may not feel the same way.

Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy is ordering his employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in January. But the policy isn’t airtight. The company, which previously required employees to badge in three days a week,

Amazon.com will require employees to return to working at company offices five days per week beginning next year, toughening a prior three-day mandate. The change is necessary to "invent, collaborate and be connected" wrote CEO Andy Jassy in a letter to employees on Monday posted to its website.

In the hyper-competitive world of Big Tech, other tech giants might follow suit rather than risk getting bad-mouthed by rivals to their clients.

In his memo sent Monday notifying corporate workers about returning to the office five days per week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy touted advantages of working in-person, citing the ability to learn, collaborate,