Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools

Amazon employees have turned to 'tokenmaxxing'—gaming internal achievement systems—as pressure mounts to use AI tools, revealing a workforce creatively resisting top-down automation mandates. Data from leaked internal surveys shows 70% of tokenmaxxers completed AI training modules in under 5 minutes by exploiting automated scripts. This resistance is 30% more effective than the average corporate sabotage tactic at Amazon, indicating a deeper cultural rift than the one seen in #2's ecosystem shift.