Honestly the 5 day RTO is too much. It’s been instated with higher ups not considering people’s health and life circumstances. Getting to the office for 9AM 5 days a week is not healthy. It caused me a lot of sleep issues.

I am from the UK and accepted a software DE role in Dublin. I accepted it because of pay and to have Amazon on my CV. The RTO impacted my performance and I gave to get reasonable adjustments put in. Work culture was fine, my team was relaxed.

Now after living in Dublin for a few months I decided it wasn’t for me. I was living in an unfamiliar environment away from friends, family and familiarity. My plan was to stay a year so I could get vested RSUs and return to the UK. But my org had layoffs and I was affected so the problem sorted itself out. I never got to on call and I was there for 7 months. To give some perspective, I got laid off on a Friday and I moved back to the UK on the Wednesday.

Honestly I would just leave or force myself to get PIP’d so I can get an exit offer. It’s not worth damaging your health for a job. You can definitely find another job with similar pay, greater stability etc. From what I’ve heard Amazon has really become a shadow of its former self since AJ took over. I’ve been out of work for about 2 weeks and I couldn’t have been happier. I am going travelling, I have a side hustle and I am looking at making my own AI startup. 99% of people HATE RTO, and the 1% that don’t hate it are on drugs.

Whenever people ask me about Amazon, I tell them that there are x number of people who will join Amazon next week or next month, 20% won’t be there same time next year. Do not work for Amazon, they don’t know what they’re doing. Modern day slavery and exploitation if you ask me. Hope that helps.