I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans

Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by xkekjrktllss on Thursday November 30, 2023 @08:55AM (#38473546)

>the old Wall St model of doing one cut in one afternoon, calling people into an office and giving a severance is far more humane.

Since when did being "humane" contribute to profit?

>Everyone understood it was about the numbers not about your performance

The idea is literally to make the remaining employees think it's about performance. The company doesn't care what ex-employees think.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by brianmcc on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:16AM (#38473782)

There's something to be said, after an initial "reduction in force" happens, for the remaining employees to look ahead and go: OK so I and my team may be at X% risk of layoffs, but with decent-to-good-to-sometimes-excellent severance pay and at least no prospect of dehumanizing PIPs/whatever, I am happy with those odds.

Better than a pervasive dread amongst the whole workforce.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @10:24AM (#38474606)

Even vampires knew that to feed another day, they need to let victim rest a little. Just sayin'

<<The idea is literally to make the remaining employees think it's about performance.

Lol. No. They make them think about whether they can jump ship. edit: Basically, only ones without any options stay.

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