Amazon Doesn’t Want Employees to Stay at Their Jobs for Long. But Why?
The online giant prefers you quit after a few years or even months.
I was dumbfounded by an article the other day that mentioned Amazon wanting its employees to leave after a number of years, if not months, of working for the company. What? Why? Why would such a large corporation expect employees to quit somewhat shortly after starting their job, all to spend time and money on searching for replacements and training them? The article didn’t specify the exact timeline, but David Niekerk, the former HR chief of operations, mentioned in the article that Jeff Bezos believed people are lazy, and apparently, they get lazier with time.
First, it didn’t make much sense to me. And then, I remembered my first job, where the company made every effort to ensure none of us stayed there for a prolonged period. They had multiple tricks to ensure that happened, and most of us left after a year or two. And it all made sense. While it seems counter-intuitive to wish your workers quit after a meagre few months or a few years stretch, there is likely a reason behind it. I believe I know what it is, and it’s not pretty.
Here is why some select organizations want and expect you to leave shortly after you start working for them.
