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> I doubt anybody involved in the firing had anything to gain here so I'd be interested in hearing their side of the story.

Not having to pay the $3000?

If the unemployment makes up for it, maybe they're banking on him being dumb or intimidated, or maybe they're just dumb themselves.

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They aren't paying the $3000, Amazon is. If that incentive isn't paid I doubt anyone involved here would receive it, even in part instead.

If such an incentive did exist I suspect we will hear a great deal more of these stories and won't have to rely on a second hand account retold anonymously.

Never underestimate the incentive of sucking up to management.

By firing a highly productive worker that they designed incentive programs around hiring and retaining?

Unless they have an incentive to "save the company money".

I feel like these comments are really giving a lot more benefit of doubt than Amazon deserves based on their previous actions.

I don't work for Amazon, but as an employee of another large conglomerate, it's really no skin off my back if they pay one of my colleagues $3,000 more. I make no more or less money as a result.

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