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That Amazon or any company has such a plan is actually laudable. I was under the impression that folks who are not performing just get given a 2-week notice. Bu
by gigatexal 5y ago
That Amazon or any company has such a plan is actually laudable. I was under the impression that folks who are not performing just get given a 2-week notice. But it's likely more profitable to rehabilitate or retrain an underperforming employee than to go through the process of hiring and onboarding a new employee. None of this is out of altruism -- it's a cost benefit analysis (see also the scene in the Fight Club movie where the un-named narrator explains the math behind his company issuing a recall or not...)
- malfist 5y agoSure, if they were only targeting poor performing folks then your statement has merit. The difference is at amazon managers have a 5-10% URA (Unregretted Attrition Rate) and must let go that percentage of their team each and every year. Doesn't take long to chew through poor performers and have to move on to people lower on the political totem pole, or worse at playing the political game/being friendly.
- rdtwo 5y agoThe bigger problem is that it discourages formation of high performance teams. The high performers know to stay away from established high performance teams because they risk getting cut