The move comes as Amazon is looking for additional package-delivery options.
The company wants more options for delivering packages.
Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019.that it would contribute as much as $10,000 if employees want to leave the company and form new U.S. start-ups centered on delivering packages. Amazon said it would also pay these people the equivalent of three months of their most recent gross salaries when they were working for the company.
The offering follows the company's previous efforts to discourage its workers from staying if they don't want to stay. CEO Jeff Bezos talked about the company's "Pay to Quit" program in a shareholder letter"We want people working at Amazon who want to be here," an Amazon spokesperson toldThe program also lines up with Amazon's efforts to open up new delivery options.
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