I'm a 64-year-old Amazon employee. Retirement wasn't even on my radar, but now I have to leave due to RTO mandates.

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• Lee Ann Million has been an executive assistant at Amazon since 2011 and has worked remotely for nine years.
• Due to Amazon's return-to-office policy, Million has been told that her last day is April 30.
• She said she isn't leaving voluntarily and feels like she's being fired despite excellent performance.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lee Ann Million, a 64-year-old executive assistant at Amazon of nearly 14 years who lives in northern Michigan.