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		thinkling on May 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unio... Amazon's workforce has probably doubled twice in the last 6 years? So even without taking attrition into account (which is substantial in the warehouses), after 6 years you're in the 25% longest-tenured warehouse employees. With attrition I'd guess you're in the "top" 10%?

glenngillen on May 7, 2022 | [–]

It was doubling somewhere between every 12-18mo while I was there (circa 2017). The growth was nuts.

coredog64 on May 7, 2022 | [–]

There’s an “old fart” tool that shows you how many people were hired before/after you.

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