Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP, believes that remote work empowers entrepreneurs, who criticizes push for office returns, which is as a ‘quit’ signal. He cites his own experience promoting remote leaders, in which a company center was established in Bengaluru.
In a post on X, he argued that large corporation employees are pushing back to the office based on personal beliefs rather than evidence, especially in a challenging economy where there is a risk.
He said, “Assume that effective remote work is actually an important competitive advantage. If this is true, companies that embrace it instead of fighting will gain a big edge in the future. Entrepreneurs who make equipment or solutions for remote work will grow,” he wrote.
Mr. Evans admitted that while no good employee wants excessive monitoring, some “gaiety scammers” siblly argue about many full -time jobs, raising doubts about distant work. “The fear of these people reduces confidence in remote work,” he said. He suggested that a non-invasive, reliable “slacker detection” tool would be highly valuable, saying that many employees probably accept some levels of spending at hours of spending.
Exposing his own experience of management of remote teams, Mr. Evans shared how he had promoted the first two people to Amazon’s director. “To help them succeed, we had to create opportunities where they could prove their ability to give results without their freedom, decisions, leadership and direct supervision,” he explained. One leader moved to Orange County, California to establish a new office, while the other pro -project center moved to Bangalore, India to launch.
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Companies are doing remote work instead of completing it. This is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs.
Currently, big companies are forcing people to work on the basis of beliefs, not evidence, and dared to leave people originally in a difficult economy.
1) Actually accept …
– Ethan Evans (@Thanevansvp) March 4, 2025
In contrast, Amazon CEO Andy Jassi has doubled the work of in-office, recently it is mandatory for employees to be five days in the week starting in January. Earlier, Amazon required three offices per week for the last 15 months, a policy Jassy claims have strengthened cooperation and culture of the company.
He said, “We have found that the person makes it easy to learn to work together, cooperate and innovate. The teams are more connected, and teaching and learning from each other are more naturally,” they said in a memorandum to the employees.
Jassi stated that Amazon would allow exceptions to employees approved for distance work by emergency, some different -tasks and remote work by senior leadership.
Amazon, which employs more than 1.5 million people globally, continues to implement its office-first attitude despite the ongoing debate about the future of remote work.
