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DO DOGS AND WORK MIX?

Anna Jentoft doesn’t go to work at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle alone.

Franny, her one-year-old black labradoodle, is almost always by her side, sitting at Jentoft’s desk while she’s on calls and greeting other Amazon employees during their workdays.

Franny is one of more than 10,000 dogs welcome on remote calls or at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, thanks to the company’s dog-friendly work policy. The retail giant has been dog-friendly since day 1—in the early days, a husband-and-wife team brought their corgi, Rufus, to work with them, and he became a productive member of the team. Today, there’s a building on the

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