The cost is evident if an employee has no home internet and needs home internet for work. However, I doubt that an Amazon engineer lived in an internet-free home prior to 2020.

The Federal Trade Commission says several fake companies used robocalls to trick people into thinking they were interviewing for jobs with Amazon, but they had no connection to the company.

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it’s probably just another scam. In a June 4 statement, the FBI warned of a rise in work-from-home job advertisement scams.

After all, he realizes that thousands of Amazon workers have no flexibility to work from home. Their jobs require them to go into warehouses to do physically taxing labor each day.

Amazon.com Inc. is encouraging customer service employees at some US call centers to work from home, signaling the company’s preference for remote work in certain roles that would help save ...

Flexibility has become a perk for in-demand tech workers. Amazon’s change comes as it is hiring voraciously, looking to fill 40,000 corporate and tech jobs in the United States alone.

Workers who worked from home made an average of $70,280, according to 2023 census data. For those seeking remote work, the availability of well-paying jobs is a key concern.

At the end of October 2023, however, Amazon's jobs site listed more than 500 full-time and seasonal positions and more than 300 part-time roles.