{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000187-d819-dbc2-a9ef-fe7b2a530001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-return-to-office","headline":"Many Amazon employees are returning to the office today. Here’s what the Seattle offices looks like.","description":"Amazon employees are returning to the office starting May 2. See photos of CEO Andy Jassy greeting people at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.","datePublished":"2023-05-02T20:35:27.308Z","dateModified":"2023-05-02T20:35:27.308Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1dc73e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+150+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe2%2F11%2F43b5a89447bdaac0dcdc4d4c44b3%2Frto-andy-hero.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![A collage of employees returning to Amazon's Seattle headquarters.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1dc73e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+150+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe2%2F11%2F43b5a89447bdaac0dcdc4d4c44b3%2Frto-andy-hero.jpg)\n\n# Many Amazon employees are returning to the office today. Here’s what the Seattle offices looks like.\n\n*Tens of thousands of Amazon employees are returning to the office this week. Here are photos of employees headed back to work at Amazon’s Seattle offices today.*\n\n**Amazon employees enjoy free bananas from the community banana stand outside Seattle offices.**\n\n![A photo of Amazon employees getting free bananas from the community banana stand outside the Seattle office.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f9f1b81/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F75%2F57%2F23a173044cdf899927c44539b895%2Fbananas-1.jpg)\n\n**CEO Andy Jassy greets employees as they arrive at the office.**\n\n![A photo of CEO Andy Jassy standing with three employees, taking a photo together at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a4af55f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F19%2F18%2F9a186eb940578de6a56eb666db2b%2Frto-andy-inline.jpg)\n\n**Welcome Ambassadors greet employees in the lobby of Amazon’s Seattle offices as they return to the office on May 2.**\n\n![A photo of the back of a Welcome Ambassador in the lobby of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/12d5b8d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd7%2F63%2Fa5e0361742b1bf34ee6250653302%2Fday-one-help.jpg)\n\n[**The Spheres**](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-spheres-seattle-inside-tour) **offer 58,828 square feet of tranquil space in the middle of Seattle.**\n\n![A photo of an employee walking outside at Amazon's Seattle headquarters, with the banana stand and spheres behind them.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9027ef6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fee%2F1d%2F96868c9349ed85e4a7ab4483c006%2Fspheres.jpg)\n*Community banana stand, Amazon Playfield*\n\n**An impromptu coffee meeting takes places outside of Amazon’s Seattle offices.**\n\n![A photo of five employees standing outside of Amazon's Seattle headquarters holding cups of coffee.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/26ecbbb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ffd%2Fcf%2Fbd7a11544b1da3ec83b8de5512ca%2Fcoffee-outside.jpg)\n\n![An image collage of four dog polaroid photos.  ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/4eead2a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F4e%2Ff2%2Fafb50af84c7e831a432dd16116d3%2Famazon-culver-city-office-los-angeles-dogs.jpg)\n\n- [Meet 11 amazing pups who go to ‘work’ at Amazon’s Culver City campus](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/dogs-at-amazon-culver-city-office)\n\n**An Amazon employee commutes by bike to Seattle office on May 2.**\n\n![An Amazon employee badging into the bike garage wearing a neon jacket and riding his bike. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/635f4f4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F75%2Fc0%2F6852eb5d4050a9501cf8c131cb68%2Fbike-comuter.jpg)\n\n**Humans of Amazon aren’t the only ones returning to the office.** [**The dogs of Amazon**](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/how-much-does-amazon-love-dogs-just-ask-one-of-the-8-000-pups-that-work-here) **head back to work this week, too.**\n\n![Two women and their dogs standing in front of Amazon's banana stand in front of the Spheres in Seattle. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/49e31df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F63%2F13%2Fe0e828ec4c4fb3ddfedf87d1cd8c%2Fdogs-bananas.jpg)\n\n---\n\n### Watch: Amazon employees return to the office in Seattle.\n\n---\n\n**Employees gather in the reception area of Amazon's Seattle offices.**\n\n![Two employees gathered in the reception area of Amazon's Seattle offices.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/e51e397/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fec%2F22%2Fd9162e8247c889e3cec575886459%2Fday-one-check-in.jpg)\n\n**Employees head upstairs to start their workday in Seattle.**\n\n![Amazon employees head up the escalator in the Seattle office.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/c3dfe32/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fff%2Ff4%2Ff3ebbc8a4764892bf8ba9dc3321e%2Fday-one-stairs.jpg)\n\n![A collage of Amazon employees next to a graphic of the LinkedIn Top Companies in the United States badge.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/370ba98/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F0b%2F41%2Faabb86dd4ec2bfc2acf3262f87cc%2Flinkedintopemployer-hero.jpg)\n\n- [LinkedIn names Amazon the top U.S. company where people want to work in 2023](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/linkedin-names-amazon-top-us-company-2023)\n\n**Amazon employees gather outside of Seattle offices before heading into the lobby to start their workdays.**\n\n![Amazon employees gather outside of the Seattle headquarters before heading into the lobby to start their workdays.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/bba2c98/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd0%2F24%2F2d290a5f4d83a6bce65ab03bdf7e%2Fday-one-scene-outside.jpg)\n\n**There are more than 10,000 dogs registered to come to work at Amazon—and many of them returned to the office on May 2.**\n\n![An image of an Amazon employee badging into the Seattle office with a dog next to her on a leash. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/748da90/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F78%2F77%2F770aefa44dd7a641af1799122104%2Fday-one-dog.jpg)\n\n**Employees and their dogs make their way up a lobby staircase in Seattle.**\n\n![Amazon employees and their dogs make their way up a lobby staircase in Seattle.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/0aa15d5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F49%2F58%2F17b5755646768fc286908330e2a3%2Fday-one-stairs.jpg)\n\n**One of the many dogs of Amazon visits a community banana stand for a treat.**\n\n![One of the many dogs of Amazon visits a community banana stand for a treat. There's a sign that reads \"#missedyoubunches.\"](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b7e85a5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F6e%2F8e%2Feba27e4845af8a84bd40fb55dad9%2Fmissed-you-bunches-dog.jpg)\n\n**One of Amazon’s community banana stands sits outside the Spheres, Amazon’s urban rainforest in downtown Seattle.**\n\n![One of Amazon’s community banana stands sits outside the Spheres, Amazon’s urban rainforest in downtown Seattle. The left side shows two employees sipping coffee. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1414187/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F05%2F42%2Fc33b36564a5ea7e83f7184f8b19d%2Fspheres-bananas.jpg)","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}