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Unregretted attrition
Ex-Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals — and faced retribution when they resisted
Mon, 02/27/2023 - 10:42
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Amazon sets a goal each year for how many employees it wants to lose, voluntarily or otherwise, without managers being upset about their departure, Insider has reported.
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I was a manager at Amazon. My boss encouraged me to quit after I defended a high-performing employee who was about to get the lowest performance rating.
Tue, 02/14/2023 - 13:08
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According to a former employee, the company gave senior leaders "unregretted attrition" numbers — the percentage of employees that managers aren't sad to see leave the company, whether voluntarily or otherwise.
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