jane and how did it turn out? >> unfortunately she was sitting by the phone while her manager gave the closing arguments and she heard later from her career ambassador at amazonshe had lost. now, she was down to the two options, the severance or performance plan. she chose to keep working. she had a day to decide and said, i basically don't have that many other options. i need to see if i can pull it together. >> how does this all play together to the broader tech workforce? >> it's hard to imagine that other companies are not looking at programs like this, particularly in an era where executives can be regularly felled due to one crazy employment problem or another. whether it is the netflix chief saying crazy stuff in an employment meeting a couple weeks ago, or the head of a company having to step down for getting involved in a consensual relationship with an employee. >> intel, just recently. >> what level? >> for the most part among the folks that we talked to, it is very much the product manager level. folks one or two rungs above them. carol: up next, one of the few democratic texas town's counting on trumps immigration crackdown to revive it. jason: t