Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City.Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denied speculation that the company's five-day in-office mandate was made to further reduce headcount or appease city officials."A number of people I've seen theorize that the reason we were doing this is a backdoor layoff or we made some sort of deal with the city, or cities, and that's why we were having people come back and be t ...