I don’t think this is going to be just cutting fat though. They’re going to have their desperate and least-talented employees working in the office while their most talented employees will end up finding remote employment elsewhere. That’s how RTO always goes.
It’s a great strategy to have your employees backstabbing each other instead of working together too. “Oh, Jim is struggling? Good, one more person below me in the ranks”.
Just to give an outsider perspective to anyone reading this. I live in the Seattle Metro, have worked for Microsoft, and now work at a unicorn. I have a list of skill and experience that any ops department would drool over. Amazon is is one of the companies I won’t even apply to unless I’m desperate for a job (and even then I’m not planning to stay).
Non-Amazon related answer: every company does this at some point, usually for cost cutting. They want people to quit vs letting people go. They basically introduce less-than-ideal working conditions knowing some people will leave because of it. I haven’t looked at the job market personally but friends have said it’s not great so basically people have to put up with it or take their chances not finding another job for a while.
It also depends on where you live. Where I live, if you are working a fully remote job, and your employment contract doesn’t specify that you need to work in the office, if they try to force you back into the office then you can quit and go on employment insurance since it would be considered a constructive dismissal.
Why do they want to get rid of people?
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I don’t think this is going to be just cutting fat though. They’re going to have their desperate and least-talented employees working in the office while their most talented employees will end up finding remote employment elsewhere. That’s how RTO always goes.
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I’m aware of this policy but I didn’t realise the number was that large.
It’s a great strategy to have your employees backstabbing each other instead of working together too. “Oh, Jim is struggling? Good, one more person below me in the ranks”.
It feels the exact same way in the USPS.
I’m assuming new people are less likely to complain about no raises and bad conditions.
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Just to give an outsider perspective to anyone reading this. I live in the Seattle Metro, have worked for Microsoft, and now work at a unicorn. I have a list of skill and experience that any ops department would drool over. Amazon is is one of the companies I won’t even apply to unless I’m desperate for a job (and even then I’m not planning to stay).
And I know I’m not the only one.
This really happening? What sort of roles are they moving?
Non-Amazon related answer: every company does this at some point, usually for cost cutting. They want people to quit vs letting people go. They basically introduce less-than-ideal working conditions knowing some people will leave because of it. I haven’t looked at the job market personally but friends have said it’s not great so basically people have to put up with it or take their chances not finding another job for a while.
It also depends on where you live. Where I live, if you are working a fully remote job, and your employment contract doesn’t specify that you need to work in the office, if they try to force you back into the office then you can quit and go on employment insurance since it would be considered a constructive dismissal.
This quarter’s top line might not be looking great, so gotta improve the bottom line to impress the Wall Street analysts.
Yeah, that’s a constant. I was wondering if there’s more to it. :D
Rampant over hiring.