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I'm curious why only students can apply? Why not allow individual developers or companies as well?

• crooked-v 10y ago
  Because Amazon wants good PR and university pipelines for promising future employees, not subsidized contractors.
  • socmag 10y ago
    Churn and Burn
• gdulli 10y ago
  Think about what Amazon's turnover must be compared to other companies'.
  • deanCommie 10y ago
    Apparently, the Median Amazon tenure was only 0.1 years shorter than Google's in 2013: http://www.businessinsider.com/companies-ranked-by-turnover-rates-2013-7?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/companies-ranked-by-turnover-...
    • hunterwerlla 10y ago
      Although interesting that Google's turnover rate is close to Amazon's, one year turnover is horrible. Other large tech companies (like Microsoft and Apple) have much lower turnover rates.
      • vkou 10y ago
        Tenure is not turn-over. If you double the size of your company every year, but nobody quits, then your average tenure is <1 year. Nobody would be able to accuse you of having high turn-over, though. On the other hand, if you grow your company by 25% year-over-year, and your entire staff quits after 18 months, your average tenure will be >1 year.
• oh_sigh 10y ago
  Amazon thrives on new grads. Get a bunch, work them to the brink for 2 years, only the "strong" survive to become senior, repeat forever.
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