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.
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.
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/
That was an interesting read. Thank you. You might make it a post of its own.
Feel free to post it on your own ;)
I used to call this The Incompetence Filter. I like this analogy better.