For all of Amazon’s clout, its plans likely won’t motivate many other businesses to follow with their own five-day in-person workweek, according to some workplace experts.

Amazon boss Andy Jassy told corporate staffers in a memo on Monday that they needed to return to the office five days a week by Jan. 2.

Amazon notified employees about the policy change on Monday, though it isn't set to take effect until early next year.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Andy Jassy's bland letter, steeped in corporate-speak but making it clear people will be going back to the office five days a week, is a great example of how not to motivate your staff to push your business forward.

In the hyper-competitive world of Big Tech, other tech giants might follow suit rather than risk getting bad-mouthed by rivals to their clients.

The future of Amazon is looking a lot more like five years ago. Amazon employees who have enjoyed working remotely or on a hybrid arrangement for much of the past five years did not receive good news yesterday.

Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy is ordering his employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in January. But the policy isn’t airtight. The company, which previously required employees to badge in three days a week,