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Originally Posted by taosaur
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.
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.
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That's if you believe that the letter is explaining all of their motivations. On the surface it is believable. I've been around the block enough times to know that what is stated is rarely the whole story.
Amazon is seeing a slowdown in sales in states that collect sales tax. They're going to have to adjust to that.
But time will tell soon enough.
I've never seen a work environment where the "dead weight" acknowledge that they're dead weight.
