Amazon has begun to monitor the number of hours corporate employees spend in office, as per news source. This measure aims to curb 'coffee badging,' where employees briefly show up, get a coffee, and then leave.
Coffee Badging was possible as Amazon did not have a minimum number of hours that employees were required to stay in office.
According to a report, now the e-commerce giant has mandated that a minimum of two hours per visit count as office attendance for teams like retail and cloud-computing. Some teams were also asked to stay for a minimum of six hours per visit.
Amazon has faced massive pushback from its staff after announcing its return-to-office plans early last year, with around 30,000 employees signing an internal petition opposing the policy.
However, Amazon reacted by doubling down on its policy, forcing employees to move closer to their teams and also halting promotions of people who didn't comply.
Amazon spokesperson Margaret Callahan wrote in an email to a news source that the company will "speak directly" to employees who haven't spent enough time in office.
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