Frupidity is what I call it. "Swagbucks" and "Swaggies" are also used. "CraP" According to Insider, these are some of the stupid, annoying, and/or stupid words that Amazon employees are forced to listen to.
We aren't saying we didn't expect more from Bezos, who is king of both being the worst and labor issues. Some of the phrases made employees use do toe some seriously thin ethical lines.
"Swagbucks" is Amazon's version of internal Monopoly money, given to employees to be spend with the company, and "CraP" is short for Can. They aren't smart.
According to Insider, Hire to Fire refers to Amazon's notoriously brutal firing quota. Managers have admitted in the past that they face so much pressure to ensure employee turnover that they often hire new talent with the only goal of letting those people go.
One manager told Insider that they might hire people to protect the rest of the team.
"Make rate" is a term used to measure whether employees are keeping up with their productivity demands, which are so extreme that workers have been known to pee in bottles on the job. "Make rate" and "stow rate" are just two of the company terms that refer to Bezos' penchant for turning employees into productivity stat and making them work harder.
It's common for major corporations to promote goofy company jargon on Insider's list. In Amazon's case, cutesy names for bad behavior make them worse. The S-Team's OV is not looking very good from here.
Only Amazon workers know what 16 secret terms mean.
Jeff Bezos says that the Ftc is VeWY VeWY.