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A quota of people who needed to be on PIPs? That's insane.
by ubermonkey 5y ago
A quota of people who needed to be on PIPs? That's insane.
- pas 5y agoKeep the blood fresh. The slowest/oldest/worst 10% has to go! Stack ranking is the best!
- monetus 5y agoAlmost all casual retail jobs in my area operate like this. It is somewhat stunning when you compare them to national chains not using localized labor practices.
- tdeck 5y agoJust a few months ago it came to light that managers at Amazon hire new people they're planning to fire shortly after, so they don't have to fire people they're attached to in order to meet such a quota. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tracks-unregretted-attrition-rate-people-not-sad-to-lose-2021-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tracks-unregretted-at...
- mcguire 5y agoJust a few months ago? Wasn't that the case several years ago, or was than MS or one of the other FAANGs?
- tdeck 5y agoA few years ago there was a lot of noise about stack ranking at Microsoft, and there was also a lot about people crying at their desks at Amazon several years ago - perhaps you're remembering one of those. I believe the specific "hire to fire" press is pretty recent.
- Decker87 5y agoI think it was perhaps circulating in the professional networks and rumor mills before. I remember hearing about it a few years ago.
- morelisp 5y agoI remember hearing about "hire to fire" at Amazon as far back as 2014, though the claim was that it happened "merely" enough to have a cute name, not that it was endemic.
- artursapek 5y agoThat is so fucked up