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10 Things in Tech: Attrition at Amazon

Jordan Parker Erb   

10 Things in Tech: Attrition at Amazon

Happy Friday, readers. Employees are fleeing from $4, and in case you've ever wished you had a tiny house to put in the backyard of your regular-sized house, $4.

Ready? Let's dive in.


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1. At Amazon's drone delivery division, attrition soars. $4 show Amazon's ambitious Prime Air drone division had a 30% turnover rate in 2021, and that its drone-testing team is losing more than 70% of employees.

  • This turnover rate is significantly higher than the $4 and more than four times higher than Amazon's annual 6% target for what it calls $4
  • The unusually high turnover comes at a time of flux and internal turmoil: employees have left amid cultural clashes between new hires and longtime staff, $4, and $4, among other things.
  • According to the documents, the soaring rates of attrition have led to delays in meeting project goals within the division.

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2. Elon Musk will likely appoint himself as Twitter's CEO. A report from CNBC said $4 after his takeover of the company. As per The New York Times, Musk has also been busy courting potential investors by saying he can $4.

3. Demand for Slack admin and developer skills is expected to skyrocket. Salesforce is kicking off a major push to get pros certified on Slack, as part of an effort to get its vast network of partners and customers trained on the platform. We outlined how to skill up and land a $4

4. Tech companies have donated millions to political committees that oppose abortion. An analysis found Amazon alone has donated $974,718 to anti-abortion organizations, despite its announcement it would cover up to $4 in travel costs for staff seeking medical treatments — including elective abortion. $4

5. A crypto billionaire's exclusive conference in the Bahamas lured people like Bill Clinton and Tom Brady. Hosted by 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried, the conference cost upwards of $3,000, and brought together thousands of attendees — including two Insider reporters, who went to give you $4

6. Shareholders are coming for Activision Blizzard. In a new lawsuit, New York-based pension funds are alleging CEO Bobby Kotick and his board rushed through its $69 billion merger with Microsoft to avoid liability for workplace scandals. $4

7. Buzzy fintech Revolut has ruled out going public in 2022. As the global IPO market slows, the SoftBank-backed fintech has decided to focus on increasing revenue rather than risk $4 as stock-trading app Robinhood. $4

8. Tech companies want to go passwordless. Apple, Microsoft, and Google announced yesterday that they're committed to working on passwordless sign-in processes across all the platforms they control. $4


Odds and ends:

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9. A startup is building solar-powered tiny homes that can fit in your backyard. The prefab tiny homes, which people are adding to their yards to use as rental units, offices, gyms, and more, can also supply excess energy to the main home. $4

10. Ford took a swipe at space-obsessed billionaires in a new ad. Focusing on the space race between figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, the spot jabs at billionaires who "fly away on their own personal space ships when things get hard." $4


The latest people moves in tech:

  • Second Life just hired $4.
  • Google Cloud's leadership is shuffling as top executives depart. $4
  • Michael Sayman, Twitter's Gen Z advisor, $4
  • According to Bloomberg, Apple hired $4 to help its electric vehicle ambitions.
  • These nine recent hires are transforming JPMorgan Chase as it races $4

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Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email jerb@insider.com or tweet @jordanparkererb>$4.) Edited by Hallam Bullock (tweet $4) in London.

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