Amazon is paying its workers up to $5,000 to quit — and it's a brilliant strategy

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February 15, 2018 3:21 PM

Amazon is dangling "The Offer," as it's called internally, in front of workers at its warehouses and customer-service centers across the US.

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.

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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