Washington Post management plans to scrap hybrid work hours, telling employees it will accept the resignation of any employee who refuses to return to the office five days a week, according to a report.
The Jeff Bezos-owned broadsheet shared an internal Q&A on Monday that included a section devoted to the new back-to-the-office policy, which was announced earlier this month as the newsroom mulled over management’s decision not to approved a presidential candidate in this year’s elections. the elections.
“What would you say to a person who doesn’t want to go back to a 5-day-a-week office schedule?” one of the questions read.
“If an employee decides they don’t want to return to work at The Post on a 5-day-a-week schedule, we understand and will accept their resignation,” the memo said.
The news was first reported by Semafor media reporter Max Tani, who posted a screenshot of the Q&A on his X page.
The New York Post has sought comment from the Washington Post.
William Lewis, the Washington Post’s chief executive, announced earlier this month that all employees are expected to return to the office by June 2.
Executives are asked to return to the office full-time by February 3.
“We’re really good when we work together in person,” Lewis wrote in announcing the new policy.
Bezos is the founder and former CEO of Amazon, who also recently announced that he wanted his employees to return to the office five days a week.
He angered Washington Post staff and readers last month when he published an essay in his paper explaining the decision to block a planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to President-elect Donald Trump.
About 250,000 people canceled their subscriptions to the newspaper after it refused to issue an endorsement.
Two columnists resigned from the paper and several writers left the newsroom in protest.
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