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Amazon Offering Employees $5,000 to Quit

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Amazon 041214 Logo?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1397316687793Photo Courtesy: Amazon.com(NEW YORK) — Who said it doesn’t pay to be a quitter?

Retail behemoth Amazon is offering warehouse employees $5,000 if they quit their jobs. In a letter to shareholders Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained his decision.

“The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they really want,” Bezos wrote in the letter. “In the long-run, an employee staying somewhere they don’t want to be isn’t healthy for the employee or the company.”

Just a warning to new Amazon employees, the full $5,000 only goes to employees who have worked there for four or more years. Newbies will be offered only $2,000.

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