https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/amazon-postpones-return-to-office-until-january-2022-.html Skip Navigation logo logo Markets * Pre-Markets * U.S. Markets * Currencies * Cryptocurrency * Futures & Commodities * Bonds * Funds & ETFs Business * Economy * Finance * Health & Science * Media * Real Estate * Energy * Climate * Transportation * Industrials * Retail * Wealth * Life * Small Business Investing * Invest In You * Personal Finance * Fintech * Financial Advisors * Trading Nation * Options Action * ETF Street * Buffett Archive * Earnings * Trader Talk Tech * Cybersecurity * Enterprise * Internet * Media * Mobile * Social Media * Venture Capital * Tech Guide Politics * White House * Policy * Defense * Congress * Finding Solutions CNBC TV * Live TV * Live Audio * Business Day Shows * The News with Shepard Smith * Entertainment Shows * Full Episodes * Latest Video * Top Video * CEO Interviews * CNBC Documentaries * CNBC Podcasts * CNBC World * Digital Originals * Live TV Schedule Watchlist PRO * Pro News * Pro Live * Subscribe * Sign In Menu * Make It * USA * INTL * watchlive Search quotes, news & videos SIGN IN logo Markets * Pre-Markets * U.S. Markets * Currencies * Cryptocurrency * Futures & Commodities * Bonds * Funds & ETFs Business * Economy * Finance * Health & Science * Media * Real Estate * Energy * Climate * Transportation * Industrials * Retail * Wealth * Life * Small Business Investing * Invest In You * Personal Finance * Fintech * Financial Advisors * Trading Nation * Options Action * ETF Street * Buffett Archive * Earnings * Trader Talk Tech * Cybersecurity * Enterprise * Internet * Media * Mobile * Social Media * Venture Capital * Tech Guide Politics * White House * Policy * Defense * Congress * Finding Solutions CNBC TV * Live TV * Live Audio * Business Day Shows * The News with Shepard Smith * Entertainment Shows * Full Episodes * Latest Video * Top Video * CEO Interviews * CNBC Documentaries * CNBC Podcasts * CNBC World * Digital Originals * Live TV Schedule Watchlist PRO * Pro News * Pro Live * Subscribe * Sign In Menu Tech Amazon postpones return to office until January 2022 Published Thu, Aug 5 202112:29 PM EDTUpdated 3 Hours Ago Annie Palmer@annierpalmer ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Key Points * Amazon said Thursday it's postponing a return to the office for its corporate employees to January of 2022. * Previously, Amazon had said it expected most of its employees to begin returning regularly to the office the week of Sept. 7 of this year. * Several companies have adjusted their return-to-work plans amid a rise in Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant. In this article * AMZN The Amazon headquarters sits virtually empty on March 10, 2020 in downtown Seattle, Washington. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon recommended all employees in its Seattle office to work from home, leaving much of downtown nearly void of people. John Moore | Getty Images Amazon is postponing a return to the office for its corporate employees until early next year, becoming the latest tech company to do so amid a rise in Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant. Corporate employees in the U.S. and some other countries will begin returning to the office beginning Jan. 3, 2022, the company confirmed to CNBC. Previously, Amazon had said it expected most of its employees to begin returning regularly to the office the week of Sept. 7 of this year. GeekWire previously reported Amazon's updated return-to-work guidance. In recent weeks, other technology companies including Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter have adjusted their return-to-work plans amid a rise in Covid-19 cases. Unlike Google and Facebook, Amazon won't require workers returning to its office to be vaccinated. Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky confirmed this in a call with reporters following the company's second-quarter earnings report last week. The company will require employees to wear masks in the office, unless they show proof of full vaccination, Amazon said. Amazon in June walked back its guidance around remote work. The company said it expects employees to work in the office three days a week, leaving them the option to work remotely up to two days a week. That was a significant U-turn from its March guidance, when it said its goal was to "return to an office-centric culture as our baseline." 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