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Huffington: Employee attrition costs Amazon $8 billion

Arianna Huffington · Leading in an age of burnout (with Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior) | Masters of Scale · Aug 16, 2023 · at 4:49

Arianna Huffington, founder of Thrive Global, argues at the Masters of Scale Summit that employee well-being directly impacts corporate bottom lines.

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“Attrition is costing Amazon eight billion dollars.”

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Employee attrition costs Amazon approximately $8 billion annually.

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Assessment

The claim is substantiated by leaked internal Amazon documents reported by Engadget, Business Insider, and Popular Science in October 2022. Specifically, a January 2022 internal Amazon research paper marked 'Amazon Confidential' determined that high levels of employee attrition across Worldwide Consumer Field Operations totaled an estimated $8 billion annually for Amazon and its shareholders. While an Amazon spokesperson characterized the leaked documents as unverified early drafts that had not been finalized, the leaked internal reports directly corroborate the specific $8 billion estimate cited by Arianna Huffington.

An October 17, 2022 Engadget report citing leaked January 2022 internal Amazon research documents stating: '[Worldwide] Consumer Field Operations is experiencing high levels of attrition (regretted and unregretted) across all levels, totaling an estimated $8 billion annually for Amazon and its shareholders.'
Subsequent reporting by Business Insider and Popular Science confirming the details of the leaked internal analysis.

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[1] engadget.com [2] forbes.com [3] businessinsider.com [4] popsci.com

Amazon employee turnover costs 8 billion internal documents leaked

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