Amazon has suspended a program that pays up to $5,000 to warehouse workers who quit after peak seasons: report
internally, according to The Information. Those who take the offer must agree to never work for Amazon again.
The pay-to-quit program helps the ecommerce giant quickly cut down its workforce after the busy holiday season, per The Information. It also helps the company shed disengaged workers, Business Insider'sUnder the program, Amazon offers a $2,000 payout to workers who have been with the company for one year, which increases by $1,000 for each year of service to top out at $5,000, according to founder Jeff Bezos'in 2014.
The suspension of the program after the holiday season coincides with a labor crunch in the US that has
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