Bottom line is that you can be very selective in hiring and then very slow to fire, or you can be very accepting in hiring and very fast to fire. Amazon has a r

Bottom line is that you can be very selective in hiring and then very slow to fire, or you can be very accepting in hiring and very fast to fire. Amazon has a reputation of being a company that is relatively easy to get into and thus it will always be a company that is quick to let people go. Now that doesn't mean you need official targets of firing X% each year, you can implement "fast to fire" badly, but even the best possible implementation of "fast to fire" is going to be more unpleasant for employees than those in a slow-to-hire, slow-to-fire company.