The comments of some employees that I heard are quite surprising. Where is the empathy towards colleagues who will lose their jobs?
I never look forward to anyone's layoff, and I especially don't give myself the right to call someone else a useless person who needs to be laid off.
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USA/CALIFORNIA (Tech Ops / Tech Acct Mgrs)
I think it's not fair for those of us who are sincere and truthful...vs those who are using friends, relatives, family
(and/or attempt to offer "gifts"/meals, etc. to those above them) to keep their job.
Some are even hidding their official/legal name in an attempt for both Husband and Wife to keep their jobs.
Be fair! Don't hide your friends, relatives, and/or your FULL LEGAL name just to keep your job! If you are good and needed, Amazon will keep you!
Doesn't Amazon know everyone's Legal/Official name already?
I was under the impression that ALL employees need to present themselves everywhere inside and outside the company with their FULL LEGAL name.
Yes- FULL legal name...even if you have 3-4-5 or even more names, some of which you acquired through marriage...
Shouldn't every employee openly declare if they have close relatives, family members, etc...inside the company
so everyone knows they are family, husband and wife, or life partners working for the same company (yes, sometimes, different departments, different branches, different cities...)
especially when one family member works less and less (but charges full-time...or more?!)..to keep up with the work of the other one, who cannot do much...hmmmm
Edit to previous post. **for you could easily be the next one to lose your job.
Unfortunately, all corporations (and particularly the large ones) have no empathy, nor do many of the folks that are spared in the layoff. They just breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn't them THIS GO ROUND. But not one person is immune to layoffs. So be kind and compassionate to those around you, for you couldn't easily bet the next one to lose your job. And you may need the support of those people while looking for new opportunities.
Go to any board on this site and its full of anonymous people being snarky.
I stopped caring when my last job furloughed me.
How much empathy did the back office folks have for the conditions the warehouse and delivery workers endure?
Did you think you were "special"?
Pick up your "participation trophy" on your way out the door
So, I'm guessing this is your first job in corporate America?
Empathy ? What does that mean?
Surprised? Welcome to the new AWS. We all had to go through the intense interview process, and now we'll endure the intense layoff process.
No, we're just raising the bar. We had to disagree, commit, and move on.