As companies try to rein in costs and restrict initiatives that do not help profits, workers are wary of being quietly laid off for seemingly minor violations.
Facebook owner Meta sacked about two dozen staff for abusing meal credit vouchers. Bloomberg
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy recently told employees that a new plan requiring them to be in the office five days a week did not amount to a “backdoor lay-off”.
Yet, his reported comments at a company-wide meeting last week did not rebut a previous suggestion from a senior manager that staff who fail to comply could look for work elsewhere.
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