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 jacobyoder on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:00AM (#38475086)

I left a company years ago because I didn't feel I was a good fit for the team/project - skills/goals/etc. But wasn't allowed to leave because it would hurt the image of the team to be seen to have people leaving it for other teams. But... apparently, leaving the company altogether doesn't affect the image (and yes... I've left the team, and people internally knew why, so... how does it really save face?)

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by Terr_ on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:52AM (#38475769)

Perhaps if the employee leaves the company entirely, all parts of the company get a chance to pretend the deficiency was in the employee. [0]

Like some weird inverse of the "You can't fire me, I quit!" trope.

[0] P.S.: Even if the employee left for a more prestigious role in another company, the social-circles in the old company aren't forced to acknowledge that the same way as if it were an internal move: HR will just say "they left to pursue other opportunities", and that permits the assumption that that the worker--their incompetence discovered--has fallen into ignominious chronic unemployment.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by SpaceNoodled on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:23PM (#38476151)

"You can't quit, I fire you!"

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by giantg2 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:37PM (#38476356)

Good, gets the unemployment and makes any legal case a little easier.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by scarface_74 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @07:16PM (#38481172)

Yes that whopping $387/week on average. That’ll show them

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/best-and-wor...

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by giantg2 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @08:53PM (#38481998)

Better than 0

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by scarface_74 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:26PM (#38482270)

Not much better. In my state it is $275 max a week

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by giantg2 on Friday December 01, 2023 @06:30AM (#38485610)

Not much better is still better.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by pierat on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:35AM (#38487119)

If I was able to forego the scam of 'unemployment insurance's, and put that cash in savings myself, I could do a hell of a lot better.

In reality, our unemployment insurance is a scam of how pathetic it pays. Again, it's another example of how the middle class gets squeezed both ends, and little care expended on the actual problems.

I can see why republicans get elected - they lower taxes on my bracket so I keep more money in hand. But that's because the very policies that should help everyone don't help everyone cause of shitty means testing.

Now , when I got fired from shitty food service job, unemployment was close to in parity with what I made, so it was useful then. (I just want it useful for everyone, not just low paid.)

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