Fortune recently delved into the employment practices of Amazon in an extensive article titled
鈥�300 Colleges, 400 Courses and a $1.2 Billion Investment: Inside Amazon鈥檚 Push to
Place 750,000 Frontline Workers Into Higher Paying Jobs at the Retail Giant,鈥� and
the national publication cited the research of Matt Millns, TCU assistant director
of benefits.
One of Amazon鈥檚 10 upskilling programs pays for educational opportunities for 750,000
eligible frontline workers.
In his 2021 dissertation, 鈥淢easuring the Influence of Employer-Sponsored Tuition Benefits
on Employee Retention and Tenure,鈥� Millns measured the 10-year outcomes of TCU鈥檚 employer-sponsored
tuition benefits (ESTB), and found employees who used the program stayed 3.1 years
longer on average than those who didn鈥檛.
These are significant findings in the field of employer benefits, as this new research offers university leaders empirical evidence to strategically manage employee retention and tenure through the use of ESTB programs rather than simply relying on 鈥済ut instinct,鈥� according to Millns鈥� research.
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