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Old 04-23-2014, 07:39 PM   #37
SteveEisenberg
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A good employee who may have been considering taking that UPS job he was offered for $2 more an hour, or with the shorter commute or whatever, might see this offer and decide he appreciates working for a company that would do something like this, and stay.
If part of a big push to emulate people-friendly personnel policies, you are likely correct. But if this is the only employee-friendly feature the main part of Amazon adopts from it's Zappos subsidiary, it will not be enough to get the right people to stay.

Here's the latest Zappos attempt to humanize the workplace. Sounds a little gimmicky, but:

No Managers and No Job Titles

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