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[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 255 points 2 months ago

5 day RTO is a stealth layoff. This is a feature, not a bug.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 101 points 2 months ago

It's like reverse stack ranking. They'll be left with the people that couldn't find another job.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 months ago

and the people who know exactly how to waste time in an office.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 26 points 2 months ago

That's literally what we all do in office. Just sit ans chat. It's country club. Productivity went up during covid.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Yup, I waste way more time in the office than at home, and I waste plenty of time at home. Also, the time I don't waste is more productive at home than in the office.

I still value going to the office, but doing it everyday would just kill my soul. I need some time to myself to get stuff done.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago

I love being able to fold laundry or go on elliptical during calls. Plus the extra sleep and no commute means im waaay friendlier in calls. Everyone wins.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

A.k.a. Twitter and the elon filtering moment

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Brain drain is the perfect way to end monopolies.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

Yep this has been the modus operandi for businesses who want to reduce workforce without having to pay for layoffs.

[-] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Like many companies, they overhired in the last 4 years. Some of these people are due years of severance (my offer listed 2months for every year after 1 year), not to mention the vested stocks and other bonuses granted during this insane hot hire period.

So how do you remove people not loyal to the company? The most hated mandate ever. Amazon is a company that doesn’t need people in the office. This is nothing more than screwing people over.

[-] foofy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

No rank and file US-based employees at Amazon are getting years of severance. They don't do that.

[-] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that was a typo and my experience is limited towards the AWS side which is also facing this issue. But the numbers are there, some people have been at Amazon for a decade, so 20 months (if they had MY package of 2mos per year). Amazon was throwing everything at new hires, because they were making bank on their work.

[-] aaron@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

So they're not paying severance to employees they fire?

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

Yes, but they're making people quit instead. They don't need to pay severance to employees who quit because of RTO.

[-] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They are getting severance when terminated, unless for cause. My comment was, this is how they avoid it by forcing people to quit.

[-] Scribbd@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago

Quiet firing, if you will.

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