Amazon released internal guidelines advising managers on how to speak to employees during annual pay reviews.
Some
of the guidelines focus on difficult questions surrounding Amazon's
stock awards, which have lost over 30% of their value in the past year.
- Stock grants form a large part of Amazon's employee compensation.
- Most Amazon employees expect declines in their realized compensation due to falls in the value of their restricted stock units.
- The
company told its managers to address employee questions about the
diminished value of the stock grants by stressing the "long-term" value
of stock ownership.
- Amazon employees began receiving annual pay updates on April 5.
