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by ako 1314 days ago
There are alternative ways to deal with a downturn, in the past German companies have successfully introduced part-time employment for all employees to avoid having to layoff employees. This avoids employee knowledge and experience from leaving, making it easier to scale back up once economy picks up again.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277267537_Securing_...

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>This avoids employee knowledge and experience from leaving,

Amazon is very specifically optimizing their company to get rid of the need for both of those things!