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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by oblio on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:45PM (#29813904)
Could you expand on this, please?
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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by chrsig on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:47PM (#29813938)
I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees
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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by tablespoon on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:59PM (#29814116)
> I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees

I think there's some Bezos quote about people being lazy and it being easier to extract labor from fresh hires trying to prove themselves.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:20PM (#29814383)
> Bezos believed that workers' desire to perform well decreased over time and that an entrenched workforce was a "march to mediocrity," Niekerk told The Times.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-polices-based-jeff-be...

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by oblio on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:32PM (#29814533)
That's a solid degree of irony from someone that worked in the same place for 27 years :-D
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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by klodolph on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:16PM (#29818864)
Yes, they are well-known for having attrition targets.
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