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Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years

Oh, gimme a break.

This jerk is telling his workers that their jobs are in jeopardy all the time, year after year. No news here. It’s just his thing.

Probably he’s trying to keep up the fear - booo hooooo…

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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Seriously, there’s a reason there’s been horror stories of people crying at their desks at Amazon since the early 2000’s. Because they’ve always treated everyone like they’re completely expendable at all times. Horrific work culture.

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obinice@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
But why? Why make them scared they’ll lose their jobs at any moment Vs feeling secure?

If they’re scared, they’ll be seeking better employment, applying for other jobs whilst working this highly unstable one. Probably reduced productivity too, I wouldn’t be as productive under that sort of negative environment.

Make them feel valued and secure though and they won’t leave, there’ll be less workplace issues for you to have to deal with, and they’ll work harder.

Unless you see them as completely disposable because the law won’t touch you and there will always be desperate people to fill those positions at any given time, fear is a ridiculous thing to want to instill in your workforce.

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- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  But why? Why make them scared they’ll lose their jobs
  
  Overly bossy bosses often believe that people work more, or perform better this way.
  
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- Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s abuser tactics - “You’re lucky you’ve got me, no-one else would have you, now take more shit.” It’s cheaper than making employees feel happy and valued. And yeah, some very successful companies absolutely see their employees as disposable. I’m hoping this’ll become a problem for them when they’ve burned through the available pool of vulnerable staff, but we don’t seem to be there yet.
  
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- oh_@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That’s Amazon and many lenders big tech company cultures. Hostile hustle culture. You could always lose your job as you need to be a “top performer” to stay. They purposely let the “lowest performers” go on a regular basis.
  
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sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Exactly this. And their jobs might actually be in jeopardy if their colleagues start working twice as hard. Product will reflect this though

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