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Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate (fortune.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’ve… never heard of such a vesting schedule. Doesn’t everyone else pretty much do 25%/year ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Amazon is super stressful and I guess a lot of people quit the first few years. Maybe the 40% is to motivate them to stay for more hellish years.

I'm very happy not to work at Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh I get why they do it. I’m just surprised they can get away with it. Also they pay pretty damn well so I guess that helps.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It’s precisely because their working standards are absolutely absurd and unsustainable, so a LOT of people bail before full vesting. AMZN HR intentionally structures the vesting schedule like this because they have numbers to prove it works out in the company’s favor.