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Maybe I'm too cynical, but the first thing that came to mind for me was: "Just few-enough hours that employees have no benefits."

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The magic number for the benefits cut-off is 20 hours/week.

I'm not sure what you're referring to -- Amazon policy? -- but the usual critical-point is 30 hours, for full-vs-part-time legislation and stuff like the ACA.

https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/full-time-employee/

We meet that definition of full-time employee and everyone on the team gets full benefits.

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