Amazon is launching a program that would give a specific team of employees a 30-hour work week, The Washington Post reports. The employees will be a subset of Amazon’s technical team, and would earn 75 percent of what their 40-hour counterparts earn, but with the same benefits package. The group will consist of “a few dozen” employees, according to the Post.
Amazon is experimenting with a 30-hour work week for certain teams
It's not exactly innovative
As the Post points out, Amazon already offers part-time workers the same benefits as full-time workers, but this is the first time the company is offering the option to a specific team, including managers. Under Obamacare, companies are required to offer benefits to employees working more than 29 hours a week.
Last April, Amazon was criticized for being a stressful, overbearing place to work, and one that frequently put profit over its employees’ well-being. This could be a response to that, but offering workers the chance to work fewer hours for less money is not exactly a bold disruption of capitalism.
Those in the pilot program will have the option to move to full-time, the Post reports.
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