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It's $2000/yr bonus for minimum wage warehouse employees, not spoiled engineers.


Problem: this program isn't for spoiled engineers. Another problem for your non-argument: I'm a former Amazon warehouse associate. Even for warehouse employees, it's not a good deal. Have you read the Amazon warehouse employee blog posts here on HN recently? Education costs the same whether you're an "engineer" or a warehouse worker. As another high-karma commenter (e.g., not you) said about this same subject in another thread:

--most people working in Amazon warehouses are employed by temporary staffing firms, not Amazon

--most people working in Amazon warehouses don't come anywhere near 3 years of tenure before quitting or being fired

--reimbursement is limited to $2,000/year for four years, while $5,000/year is pretty much the minimum direct cost to take such programs

--the program is limited to full-time workers, so only those who can take classes while working full-time and mandatory-or-you-get-fired overtime can partake




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