Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by Hokusai on Friday July 30, 2021 @07:12PM
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> high performers
It could be random and it will still work. You want to pay a few people fairly so the others fight with them for that positions. Workers fighting workers is the goal of this incentives, it had nothing too do with performance.
Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by forz877 on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:53PM
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Rewarding a select group of high performers is a great way to underpay overall. You sell the idea of a bonus, but bonuses get easily taken away, and only go to a few select individuals.
I don't think Amazon "underpays" per say - but the working conditions described seem quite poor.
I never saw the definitive source on this, but around the time when the unionization vote was happening, people claiming experience in the logistics industry described Amazon as a place with low starting wages, but aggressive bonus structure for high performers. They also offered health benefits on day 1, which is unheard of in logistics.
Other warehouses in the area might have different compensation schemes, and people would generally gravitate to the one that suited their work style better.
The unionization vote seemed like it corroborated this thesis - it wasn’t even 52/48, but something definitive, like 70/30 against the union.
Perhaps someone is aware of the data that incorporates take-home compensation with benefits and all, not the base rates advertised in job ads.