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Senior AWS dev claims Amazon is quietly trying to encourage employees to quit in a push to covertly cut numbers (www.itpro.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Senior AWS dev claims Amazon is quietly trying to encourage employees to quit in a push to covertly cut numbers::A senior developer at AWS has claimed the tech giant is conducting a “silent sacking” campaign in a bid to covertly cut numbers and avoid negative press.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Some companies post fake job openings (that they have no intention of filling) so this doesn't surprise me. They post the fake openings to learn what kinds of people are job hunting, to fluff up their optics ("we're hiring!") and in some rare instances, to get some free labor with mini-projects disguised as interview tests.

I'm glad the article points out the downsides of quiet layoffs. If you make work conditions miserable, your most talented folks will probably cut and run first, as they can find a new job easier than the scrubs.

[–] sznowicki@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It’s called Dead Sea effect and can be a killing factor to an IT company.

Sometimes though it can be good overall if company has too many seniors I guess.

http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That was an interesting read. Thank you. You might make it a post of its own.

[–] sznowicki@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Feel free to post it on your own ;)

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Holy shit that's good, as is the earlier article about hiring like a sports team.

[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I used to call this The Incompetence Filter. I like this analogy better.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Amazon is famous for that free labor (check interview review at glassdoor)

I had several interviews with them a few years ago and I was basically troubleshooting an issue, they were asking for my expertise on how to solve if I enjoyed X and which kind of tests I would run for validation and how to design to prevent reoccurrence and then they basically ghosted me

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

File a complaint with the labor board. They can investigate and if they find out they used your solution you can get paid and they can get a fine on top of that.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

That was about 7 years ago. The Echo Auto had just launched and I'm guessing I was debugging that. Also I lived in Mexico at the time, I'm not sure if those laws would protect me as well