Even more info on Amazon’s attrition problem.

Last year, only a third of Amazon’s new hires stayed with the company for more than 90 days before quitting, being fired, or getting laid off

The report, which is based off internal research papers, slide decks, and spreadsheets from Amazon, claims that workers are twice as likely to leave by choice, rather than because they were laid off or fired. It also says that 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.

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    So amazon is absolutley going to start using prison labour in the next few years right? When can we expect bezos to start a private prison/amazon warehouse?

    • Sleve_McDichael [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Let me look at this through a lib lens:

      Soon, Amazon will partner with the government to help rehabilitate inmates through on-the-job training programs

      • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        This is absolutely coming. I remember last year seeing some ghoul CEO of a background check company espousing hiring formerly incarcerated folks as a means to “address the hiring crisis”. Which of course, between the lines, means “untapped labor pool that can further depress wages”.

        Why wait until they’re formerly incarcerated? :porky-happy:

    • culpritus [any]
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      2 years ago

      Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons https://www.popsci.com/technology/amazons-exec-private-prisons/

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      that might be more difficult for them as they are a shipping company and prisons tend to be in the middle of nowhere

      there are real logistical issues involved with that

      • HntrKllr [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Then it'll be fines or "Community service" for city jail