The local forums were full of people complaining they were fired for silly reasons right before their 3 month mark, when they'd become permanent and get benefits. This was oh, about a decade ago.
Now they're sounding the alarm because the employees are just quitting instead? I have a really hard time feeling sorry for Amazon, here....
How long till they run out of people? This can't be sustainble in the long term.
CHA1 in Chattanooga needs thousands of employees to function. But Chattanooga is around 180,000 people total, likely less than 100,000 working age people.
Friends of mine based there told me that the site had already hired and turned over every willing potential employee in the region. They were calling people up saying "I know we fired you two years ago because you weren't fast enough but maybe you should come back for an interview".
Sites that couldn't meet goals had their leadership fired too. Hit your rates or you're out, at all levels.
I can't imagine how bad things are now.
Because, honestly, once you realize it’s ethical to do so, Amazon being a bad actor on purpose…
The place is a literal cult. In every meeting, no matter how short, you hear people argue not points but leadership principles. "We need to learn and be curious about this ! Lets dive deep!", "Sorry, no, we need to have a bias for action. We've learned enough, lets do this.", two way door / one way door.
You can think you are going to jump into the cats mouth and steal some cheese, but theres a chance that you get changed into a literal cult member by this organization.
Avoid at all costs.
If you treat your people as things, you shouldn’t be surprised when they either hate you or just don’t care.
> the issue is widespread throughout the company, not just with warehouse workers; from entry level roles all the way up to vice presidents, the lowest attrition rate for one of the company’s 10 tiers of employees was almost 70 percent, with the highest reaching a staggering 81.3 percent.
> around three percent of the company’s hourly employees left each week
Wow. That sounds even worse than things reported in the past.
