A leaked memo from Amazon outlines a new hiring strategy. For entry-level software employment, the e-commerce giant is solely hiring students and recent graduates. Middle managers now have fewer staff to supervise after so many people were laid off. As a result, they are an obvious next layoff target.
I truly feel sorry for middle managers. They are, as the term implies, trapped in the center, neither worker nor top management. And they must strive to keep everyone happy (in the meantime, research indicated that they are more prone to be stressed and depression). Yikes.
But, if Zuckerberg is correct, significantly fewer individuals will be able to retain these risky positions — at least at Meta..
1. Leaked Amazon memo reveals new hiring strategy
According to an internal note acquired by Insider, the e-commerce behemoth is exclusively employing students and recent graduates for entry-level software positions. The adjustment went into effect on January 25, 2023.
People who have been out of school for more than a year will no longer be eligible for the lowest-level software development engineering employment, known as SDE-1. This means that hiring from student programs is now even more important.
This means that hiring from student programs is now even more important.
The move is “global and Amazon-wide,” according to Insider’s Amazon expert Eugene Kim. Furthermore, exceptions require the consent of VPs or higher. It could be a cost-cutting measure for the notoriously frugal corporation. This pivot is aimed at a younger, more cheap workforce. And it comes in the midst of the company’s big restructuring.
