Amazon delays return to office till early 2022 amid Covid surge

As the US sees a surge in Covid cases, especially the spread of Delta variant, Amazon on Friday announced to delay its return-to-office timeline by January 2022.

Earlier, the e-commerce giant had decided to reopen offices in September.

“As we continue to closely watch local conditions related to Covid-19, we are adjusting our guidance for corporate employees in the US and other countries where we had previously anticipated that employees would begin coming in regularly the week of Sept 7. We are now extending this date to Jan 3, 2022,” the company said in an update.