To help employee retention, the company said it will finance 95% of tuition for related courses employees take. In addition, Amazon borrowed a pay-to-quit policy from Zappos. The program will offer employees $2,000 to quit in their first year, and an additional $1,000 for each year they stay on, capped at $5,000. "We hope they don't take the offer; we want them to stay," Bezos said. "Why do we make this offer? The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they really want. In the long-run, an employee staying somewhere they don't want to be isn't healthy for the employee or the company."