Eric Deshawn Lerma felt waves of anxiety when he sat down to tally the new costs in his routine since Amazon’s return to the office this spring. There’s parking. 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. “There are different rights and amenities afforded to my role.”He ultimately decided, though, that he would probably join virtually.

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Persons: Eric Deshawn Lerma, Lerma, ”, “ Locations: Seattle