Can you imagine being asked to move to a different city, go into the office, only to use Chime all day? The only people who will agree are the ones who sadly have no alternative.
Amazon to force 'voluntary resignation' on workers who don't relocate
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#12How can they force their employees to resign, if they're going back on the terms they made before? I'm not familiar with American labour laws but this sounds illegal.
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#13"In employment law, constructive dismissal, also called constructive discharge or constructive termination, occurs when an employee resigns as a result of the employer creating a hostile work environment. Since the resignation was not truly voluntary, it is, in effect, a termination. For example, when an employer places extraordinary and unreasonable work demands on an employee to obtain their resignation, this can constitute a constructive dismissal. "
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#14Is that even legal? I'm guessing this is to avoid unemployment benefits and severance packages.
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#15How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing?
> How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing?
It is different in that you have a choice. You can either adapt to the new policy (work conditions change) or you can leave. Totally up to you.
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#16> It's Amazon's latest effort to encourage more in-person work. I don't think that's the real reason behind it.
What’s the real reason
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#17How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing?
> How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing? It is different in that you have a choice. You can either adapt to the new policy (work conditions change) or you can leave. Totally up to you.
Still a firing, false choice etc...
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#18Can you imagine being asked to move to a different city, go into the office, only to use Chime all day? The only people who will agree are the ones who sadly have no alternative.
> The only people who will agree are the ones who sadly have no alternative.
Many people will continue to choose to work at Amazon and specifically because they want to be around other colleagues a few days in the week. It is pretty presumptive and insulting to say to someone like that that they're in a "sad" position and they are "victims".
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#19How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing?
Probably has something to do with mandated severance in some states if I had to guess. Otherwise they might have to show cause. But I'm completely out of my depth here
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> How a forced "voluntary resignation" is different from a being fired? is it some corporate euphemism or is it a thing? It is different in that you have a choice. You can either adapt to the new policy (work conditions change) or you can leave. Totally up to you.
Still a firing, false choice etc...
> Still a firing, false choice etc...
Why do you view it as a false choice?