I believe he's referring to Amazon's pilot program for part-time employees doing 30 hour workweeks:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/26...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/26...
I would've stayed at Amazon longer if at the end of the year instead of paying me more money they would've been willing to just make me work fewer hours.