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Amazon’s Latest Move? Relocate or Resign—No Severance, No Exceptions

Amazon is putting its foot down—again. The tech giant has reportedly told hundreds, potentially thousands, of corporate employees that they must relocate to one of its designated main office hubs (think Seattle, Arlington, or Nashville) or resign within 60 days. Oh, and there’s no severance if you choose the door.

This comes after earlier waves of return-to-office mandates and workforce cuts that have rocked Big Tech over the last year. But this one hits differently—because it’s not just about showing up to the office, it’s about picking up your life and moving closer to HQ. The new policy marks Amazon’s latest attempt to consolidate its corporate teams geographically, with execs arguing that collaboration and innovation thrive in person.

The message isn’t going out through big company-wide emails. Instead, many employees are being called into 1:1 meetings and told directly. It’s personal, abrupt, and for some, a tough blow—especially if they were hired remotely or don’t live near one of the company’s key cities.

Key Takeaways

• No flexibility left
  Employees have 30 days to decide whether to move to an Amazon hub. If they don’t comply, they have 60 days to leave—with no severance package.

• The return-to-office playbook just escalated
  Amazon says it’s all about improving collaboration and team effectiveness, but it’s also a quiet way to downsize without layoffs.

• The AI-era corporate reshuffle is here
  As Amazon invests more into AI and trims other areas, this relocation demand is part of a larger strategic shift toward efficiency.

• Employees are expected to absorb the cost
  Uprooting families, breaking leases, and saying goodbye to local communities—all without compensation.

• This could ripple beyond Amazon
  Other companies may follow suit, seeing it as a way to filter their workforce without the public backlash of layoffs.

Why It Matters

For Canadian professionals watching from across the border, this story is more than just a headline—it’s a pulse check on where corporate culture is headed. The pandemic reshaped work expectations, with many professionals in Canada embracing remote flexibility, hybrid models, and regional talent development. Amazon’s move suggests that for some companies, the pendulum is swinging back—hard.

If you're a startup founder, team leader, or people-first employer in Canada, there's a lesson here: employee experience and location expectations are going to be major battlegrounds in the talent war. While proximity can foster creativity and speed, forcing relocation without support may erode trust and morale—especially in a workforce that now knows it can be productive anywhere.

This also opens space for Canadian companies to stand out. Offering remote-first or flexible hybrid models may become a competitive advantage in attracting global talent—especially as big tech tightens its grip on office mandates.

Bottom line: the future of work is still being negotiated. And for professionals on both sides of the border, it's time to think critically about where, how, and why we work—before someone else decides for us.

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