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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
They aren't really encouraging them to quit, they are encouraging them to stay.
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Well, the point is both retention and morale. As the letter said, "The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they really want." They DO NOT want people sticking around from simple inertia and/or fear of the job market. They want their employees to consider their options and actively choose the Amazon job on a continual basis, reaffirming to themselves that they want to work there. It's good psychology, and capitalizing on our better qualities rather than our weaknesses, IMO.
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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
Corporations often offer a separation package for employees to voluntarily quit before they enact layoffs. Employees who voluntarily quit and receive a separation package are not eligible for unemployment insurance. Laid-off employees are.
Contrary to what Amazon's letter to stockholders claims, this idea was not "invented" by Zappos. It has been a regular practice in the corporate world decades before Zappos was founded.
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Yeah, I don't think this is what you think it is. The point is for people NOT to take the package, and feel better about their jobs for having made the decision. Avoiding unemployment pay may come into it, but more in a "let the dead weight leave on their own" kind of way.