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I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees

• tablespoon 5y ago
  > I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees I think there's some Bezos quote about people being lazy and it being easier to extract labor from fresh hires trying to prove themselves.
  • MattGaiser 5y ago
    > Bezos believed that workers' desire to perform well decreased over time and that an entrenched workforce was a "march to mediocrity," Niekerk told The Times. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-polices-based-jeff-bezos-belief-all-workers-are-lazy-2021-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-polices-based-jeff-be...
    • oblio 5y ago
      That's a solid degree of irony from someone that worked in the same place for 27 years :-D
• klodolph 5y ago
  Yes, they are well-known for having attrition targets.