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Every company over a certain size will have stack ranking or something like it. Division leaders and VPs need an available knife to stick in the backs of their
by sbierwagen 5y ago
Every company over a certain size will have stack ranking or something like it. Division leaders and VPs need an available knife to stick in the backs of their rivals. If stack ranking or URA doesn't exist, then they'll use a down quarter to create it, ("With the economy the way it is, we have to do some belt-tightening") then wield it to destroy their enemies.
If all the VPs are cheerful, happy, nice guys, then someone will emerge from the lower ranks to overthrow the weakest member. From there, the bloodbath begins.
- bogomipz 5y agoWhat is "URA" here?
- sbierwagen 5y ago"Unregretted attrition", Amazon internal jargon that mandates firing 6% of all employees every year: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tracks-unregretted-attrition-rate-people-not-sad-to-lose-2021-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tracks-unregretted-at... This program is obviously not applied uniformly. It's purpose is to be bent to eliminate divisions that lose internal political battles.
- bogomipz 5y agoNow that is a spectacular euphemism. That term sounds like something out of the movie "Office Space."