‘We recognize this is an unprecedented time’
Amazon is adopting a hybrid approach to work post-pandemic, allowing employees to choose between a mix of in-office and remote work. According to an internal memo, seen by HRD, the retail giant dictates that employees should be in the office for at least three days a week with the flexibility of remote work for up to two days.
Corporate employees will have the choice to work up to four weeks per year fully remote from a domestic location. Other roles which were mainly remote pre-pandemic will remain so – such as sales and customer service. Continue reading
POLITICS: The Disturbing New Hybrid of Democracy and Autocracy – Opinion
In Poland and elsewhere, rulers — and the oligarchs who help them — have figured out how to create a one-party state without the hassle of staging a coup.
In 2015, Daniel Obajtek was the county commissioner of Pcim, a tiny district south of Kraków and north of the Polish-Slovak border. “County commissioner” is perhaps a grand-sounding title, but I can’t find a better one. In Polish, the term for the job he held is wójt, an old-fashioned word that means something like “village headman”. It signifies that you run something very small. Pcim, population 4,900, is very small. Continue reading →
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