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Once a year, Amazon offers its warehouse workers $2,000 to quit, adding $1,000 a year, up to a maximum of $5,000.

Yes, you read that right. Amazon is willing to pays its employees thousands of dollars to quit working at the company.

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CEO Jeff Bezos highlighted the program, dubbed Pay to Quit, in his annual letter to shareholders this week.

“The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they really want,” Bezos said. “In the long-run, an employee staying somewhere they don’t want to be isn’t healthy for the employee or the company.”

The program is modelled on a policy that online retailer Zappos rolled out in 2008. “The Offer,” as Zappos calls it, comes about a week after an employee starts at the company. Less than 2% of its employees actually take the offer.

In his letter, Bezos also offered a glimpse into what the company is aiming for n the future, including more grocery services and the much-discussed drone delivery.