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		fecak on April 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Will Pay You $5,000 to Quit Your Job $2500 a month is 30K. The average warehouse worker at Amazon is around $25K (1), so the temptation might be there for them. For engineers, that amount is not likely to be considered. 1 - http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/30/news/companies/amazon-wareho...

joosters on April 11, 2014 [–]

n.b. the vast majority of Amazon warehouse workers are not actually employed by Amazon; it is unlikely that they ever get these offers.

Crito on April 11, 2014 | [–]

However the offer is for warehouse workers, not for engineers.

joosters on April 11, 2014 | | [–]

But it is for warehouse workers employed by Amazon - which isn't many of them.

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