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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by dragonwriter on Monday June 21, 2021 @05:44PM (#27584913)
> So, elaborate on your model of the world. Shouldn't the logistic employees already be leaving in droves since they're not getting stock? Why aren't they?

Wait, does “logistics” include warehouse, where the article mentions they had reached 150% annual turnover prepandemic? Sounds a lot like “leaving in droves”.

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by a3n on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:01PM (#27585107)
Yeah, they're leaving in droves. They're also arriving in droves, which is why Amazon has been able to withstand 150% turnover.

But Amazon is now worried that they've worn out much of the US workforce available for "industrial athlete"positions. (Their term.) The droves of arrivals may slow down to dribbles.

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by samcal on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:41PM (#27587730)
"Arriving in droves" is much more telling about the external conditions of the job market. I think it's safe to say that it sounds like a good gig before you have a good understanding of what the work is. Then, after working for less than a year you see it for what it is and get out of there.
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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by TomSwirly on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @03:50AM (#27589065)
Quite amazing you can interpret "150% turnover" as "arriving in droves".

150% turnover is unconditionally bad.

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