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Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

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Re: Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

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Sounds like another stealth layoff via force attrition. Must be going well over there.

The problem with that strategy is that for the remote work crowd, the only people who stay are those with golden handcuffs or those that don't have better/other options, so you end up losing your best people to companies that are more flexible.

Re: Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

#72

Sounds like another stealth layoff via force attrition. Must be going well over there.

Rakuten, temu, aliexpress, etc. are probably gaining concerning market share for amazon.

I cancelled prime years ago because if it's some mass produced chinese white label products you can get the same thing on ebay for cheaper let alone the aforementioned 3 for dirt cheap provided you don't care to wait a couple weeks.

Everyone is hawking the same slop, and although amazon can get it to me in a day, that's often not worth the premium.

Re: Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

#76

Sounds like another stealth layoff via force attrition. Must be going well over there.

The problem with that strategy is that for the remote work crowd, the only people who stay are those with golden handcuffs or those that don't have better/other options, so you end up losing your best people to companies that are more flexible.

Agreed, and not just a remote thing generally.

This is why one big and well communicated cut is always better than round after round.

Once your company tilts into the direction of getting worse, anyone with better options leaves. You end up with a lot of adverse selection as an employer if you take the slow burn approach.

Re: Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

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post #75

Sounds like another stealth layoff via force attrition. Must be going well over there.

Amazon already required employees to be in office 3 days a week.

Yes so that was one round of shaking people out, and didn't have a sufficient effect clearly.
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