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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.

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[–] sznowicki@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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/

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That was an interesting read. Thank you. You might make it a post of its own.

[–] sznowicki@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Feel free to post it on your own ;)

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Holy shit that's good, as is the earlier article about hiring like a sports team.

[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I used to call this The Incompetence Filter. I like this analogy better.