Amazon is ‘taking a risk’ with its five-day return-to-office plans, experts say
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Amazon is the latest company to call an end to remote working and return to the pre-pandemic norm of travelling into the office five days a week.
This new mandate will come into force from January 2025 and is part of wider plan to “strengthen” Amazon’s culture and teams. The news was shared with staff via a message from CEO Andy Jassy on Monday. Although a number of companies, including PwC and Deloitte, have implemented return-to-office policies, Amazon is in the minority when it comes to asking staff to work from the office full time.
Sam Forsdick asks whether this change in approach from one of the largest employers in the world will prompt more businesses to review their own hybrid working policies. Read more.
What is it really like to move from CFO to?CEO??
It is increasingly common for CFOs to move up to the CEO role. The proportion of chief executives who used to be finance chiefs rose to 30% in 2023 from 21% in 2019, analysis from executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has found.?
CFOs are a popular successor to the chief executive thanks to their financial acumen and ability to boost investor confidence. The majority of finance leaders also feel well prepared for the top job. Seven in 10 CFOs surveyed by leadership advisory firm Egon Zehnder believe they are ready to be CEO.
But the shift from managing numbers to managing a company requires new skills and approaches. Four former finance chiefs shared their insights with Sam Birchall . Read more.
How a new open standard could help green your tech?stack
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen was correct when, in 2011, he said software would eat the world. Although he didn’t mean that literally, the material, climate impact of software is now too large to ignore. The energy used by modern technology is tremendous. The switch to digital working over the pandemic increased the burden. And with the march of generative AI, that burden will balloon even further.
Now, writes Tamlin Magee there is a new standard which could help tech leaders better understand the climate impact of the software they make and buy.?Read more.
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