Comment by aurareturn 10 months ago
They're not going to share that data because it's confidential. Imagine Amazon sharing data that their employees are less productive... their stock price would tank and they'd garner a ton of bad PR.
No company is going to publicly admit that its productivity has been bad. It'd also destroy morale more than it does. And the PR backlash. And what kind of data would they release? Data for productivity will always be imperfect. People will scrutinize it. Disagree with it. Competitors might be able to use it to their advantage.
Low reward, high risk.
They would absolutely show data that shows productivity was down during the pandemic years of full remote if they had it. It's several years in the past at this point and everyone in the world had an excuse, but studies show that productivity increased or stayed about the same instead.
They would also show data for increased productivity from ending full remote and going back to the current 3 days in office if they had it, instead they claim it's the case but won't let you see the data. It's just bullshit corporate talk
They wouldn't show it. Zero reason to show it. PR backlash. Employee backlash. Distraction from main business. Mainstream media is very pro-WFH.
No company wants to show confidential metrics on employee productivity to the world. Yet, many companies have recalled employees. Maybe you think every single of these companies are incompetent and stupid? Or the HN go-to conspiracy theory that executives own real estate and want it to recover?
Why would they not share that data as a justification for this decision to return to office for five days a week? That would give investors a reason to believe that Amazon productivity and share value will increase soon.