In 2017, Amazon launched Amazon Pivot, an employment program allegedly designed to encourage employee retention. Under Pivot, underperforming employees have three options:
 Quit and accept a severance package; or
 Attain performance goals set by a manager over several months; and if they fail the plan
 Engage in a videoconference with a panel of peers to determine whether they should remain in the retention program. Much like a court hearing, an employee and his or her manager present arguments to a manager or a panel, which ultimately decides the outcome.