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HRM Practice at Amazon Inc

Introduction

Employees are key resources in any given organization. The success of a corporation is

greatly attributed to effective human resource management practices, which are focused on

employee satisfaction. When employees are not content with an organization’s operations, the

results could be damaging in the long run. Amazon Inc. is one of the largest retail organizations in

the world, but has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years due to the numerous complaints

about how workers are being treated. The company focuses mostly on customer satisfaction and

maintaining its image of global success, while it does not tend to the individual needs of its workers

(Boewe & Schulten, 2017). In June 2019, the employees took to the streets to protest against being

overworked with little pay. This action took place after, in 2018, the company laid off thousands

of employees across its worldwide branches, leaving others feeling insecure about their jobs

(Purkayastha & Tangirala, 2019). Such issues have great implications for the firm and it is up to

the human resource management to change their way of doing things to accommodate needs of

workers. Regardless of the size of an organization, failure to put employee interests into

consideration can have negative outcomes resulting in loss of credibility, high employee turnover,

and reduced productivity.

The Problem of Employee Dissatisfaction in Amazon

The main problem facing Amazon is the dissatisfaction of the workforce. Many employees

are not satisfied in the company’s relations because of a variety of factors, including poor working

conditions, being overworked, low wages, and the increased laying-off of employees. As a global

organization, Amazon has hundreds of thousands of workers situated in different locations across

the globe (Amazon, 2014). The main challenge of having such a large number workforce is that

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Running head: HRM PRACTICE AT AMAZON INC. HRM Practice at Amazon Inc. Student Name Institutional Affiliation 1 HRM PRACTICE AT AMAZON INC. 2 HRM Practice at Amazon Inc Introduction Employees are key resources in any given organization. The success of a corporation is greatly attributed to effective human resource management practices, which are focused on employee satisfaction. When employees are not content with an organization’s operations, the results could be damaging in the long run. Amazon Inc. is one of the largest retail organizations in the world, but has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years due to the numerous complaints about how workers are being treated. The company focuses mostly on customer satisfaction and maintaining its image of global success, while it does not tend to the individual needs of its workers (Boewe & Schulten, 2017). In June 2019, the employees took to the streets to protest against being overworked with little pay. This action took place after, in 2018, the company laid off thousands of employees across its worldwide branches, leaving others feeling insecure about their jobs (Purkayastha & Tangirala, 2019). Such issues have great implications for the firm and it is up to the human resource management to change their way of doing things to accommodate needs of workers. Regardless of the size of an organization, failure to put employee interests into consideration can have negative outcomes resulting in loss of credibility, high ...
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