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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:39PM (#29813838)
Amazon has to be at the point of literally running out of nearby human beings to be concerned about retention.

https://www.essence.com/news/amazon-burning-through-workers/

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by colinmhayes on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:02PM (#29814898)
This article is about warehouse workers, not developers.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by seebs on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:43PM (#29816200)
It may be, but you may rest assured that when a recruiter asks me whether I'd like to work for Amazon, how they treat warehouse employees is going to be a factor in my answer. I've never been confident of the viability of "it's fine, they only hate other people" as a social strategy.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:59PM (#29816396)
Not like Amazon exactly has a good reputation for treating tech workers well either.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by mywittyname on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:40PM (#29815369)
Workers are workers to management. Regardless of whether you pick up keyboards or press them.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by tablespoon on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:57PM (#29814088)
> Amazon has to be at the point of literally running out of nearby human beings to be concerned about retention.

It seems like they're more than willing to hire imports. I get more recruiter spam from them than anyone else, and I don't live anywhere near any of their major offices.

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:00PM (#29814135)
This is true as well. I got an email offering me immigration support to move to Vancouver. I already live in Canada, have my entire life, and every job has also been in Canada.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by Izikiel43 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @06:24PM (#29816700)
You are assuming recruiters can read
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by bluedino on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:45PM (#29814666)
They have lots of remote jobs now as well.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by cwkoss on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:51PM (#29814749)
I read a stat that 1 out of ~154 Americans currently works for amazon.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by cipheredStones on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:46PM (#29817544)
American workers, not Americans overall - it's still astonishing, but they have a bit less than a million US employees rather than 330M/154 = 2.1M employees.