Amazon Lets Employees Work From India, Just Don’t Code Or Decide Anything

KEY POINTS

•Amazon announced on December 17, 2025, that employees stranded in India by visa delays can work remotely until March 2, 2026.
•Due to Trump-era visa policy changes, some consulates are delaying appointments until 2027, impacting thousands including Amazon staff.
•Employees allowed to work remotely face strict restrictions: no coding, no meetings, no signing contracts, effectively doing no actual work.

In a bold move to redefine 'remote work', Amazon announced on December 17, 2025, that employees stranded in India due to visa delays—courtesy of the Trump-era social media check enthusiasts—can stay put and work remotely till March 2, 2026. But here’s the kicker: coding, strategic decisions, contracts, customer interactions or even troubleshooting are strictly off-limits. Think of it as very expensive, highly skilled ghosting. This isn’t a loophole, it’s a legislative jigsaw from the US consulates who are delaying H-1B visas, some pushing appointments as far out as 2027. Meanwhile, Amazon, which filed 14,783 H-1B petitions last fiscal year (including 23 for Whole Foods, because gluten-free chips need tech too), wants full legal compliance but none of the actual work. Employees can’t even visit Amazon buildings and must function like invisible tech support shadows. One software engineer lamented that 70-80% of their job—coding, testing, deploying, documenting—is now apparently invisible labor. Irony was not bearer of a beep this holiday season.

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Amazon’s new ‘Work From India (But Don’t Do Anything)’ policy sounds like unpaid vacation disguised as productivity. Welcome to remote procrastination, now with extra legal restrictions.

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