- The strategy weeds out less-engaged employees and encourages employees to feel even more committed to their jobs.
- It's also an effective strategy for companies that want to avoid executing mass layoffs.
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Amazon is paying its workers up to $5,000 to quit — and it's a brilliant strategy
Amazon is dangling "The Offer," as it's called internally, in front of workers at its warehouses and customer-service centers across the US.
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Amazon is offering to pay its employees up to $5,000 if they agree to quit their jobs.
The e-commerce giant is dangling "The Offer," as it's called internally, in front of workers this week at the company's warehouses and customer-service centers across the US, The Atlantic reports.
The strategy of paying people to quit might seem bizarre. But it's actually a brilliant business move aimed at trimming the company's ranks of its least-engaged workers.
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