Amazon offers $5,000 for employees to quit

Unhappy workers at online retailer Amazon could receive up to $5,000 for quitting, according to CEO Jeff Bezos.

In his annual letter to Amazon shareholders, Bezos outlines a number of ‘inward innovations’ around people management. These include training staff to that aren’t going to stay and paying employees up to $5,000 if they quit.

Once a year the ‘Pay To Quit’ programme offers employees a large sum of money to quit their job. The first year the offer is made, the amount is $2,000 – rising a thousand dollars a year until it reaches $5,000.