SEATTLE - Seattle-based retail giant Amazon has delayed its return to the office for US corporate employees to January 3, 2022 as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the delta variant.According to a memo obtained by Q13 News, the timeline was pushed back from Sept.
7, 2021.The memo adds that the return-to-office timeline will "vary globally in accordance with local conditions."Unlike its Seattle-area rival Microsoft, Amazon will not mandate employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine before they return to the office."As we continue to closely watch conditions related to COVID-19, we are adjusting our guidance for corporate employees in the U.S.