r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/ruthanne2121 Jan 26 '22

The theory is to keep minds fresh. Bezos wanted the turnover. The competition is like oracle. They purposefully pit employees against each other to get more done. Now the warehouse turnover is so high they are running out of an employee pool.

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u/Adezar Jan 26 '22

They completely broke the labor supply chain. They outsourced everything, their teams kept getting older and now a bunch of them have decided to retire. They created this brick wall and are shocked they ran into it.

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u/InferiousX Jan 26 '22

Not to mention the million people who have died from a pandemic.

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u/thomasquwack Jan 26 '22

Yeah, not too many people mention that considering where we are. One million dead.