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Maybe there's also some reporter bias at play? Maybe people who are generally happy with their job don't feel the need as much to write long blog posts about it

• nickbauman 11y ago
  More generally "sampling bias": available data is generally negative because positive data lacks incentive to be reported. Of all the gigs I've had that I liked, I spent my time thinking about the work being done, not the workplace. Hint to managers: workplace culture is strategy.
  • enraged_camel 11y ago
    >>More generally "sampling bias": available data is generally negative because positive data lacks incentive to be reported. Yes, but that bias holds true for every company. So if many more negative reviews are coming from Amazon than Google, Facebook, etc. then we can reasonably conclude that Amazon is a worse place to work. (Much worse, from the sounds of it.)
    • anindyabd 11y ago
      > So if many more negative reviews are coming from Amazon than Google, Facebook, etc. then we can reasonably conclude that Amazon is a worse place to work. That's not a fair comparison. Google and Facebook are high-margin software companies, which hire mostly software developers (who are generally lavishly compensated and receive more perks and benefits than people in other industries). Amazon is a tiny margin retail company (albeit one that sells things online), which hires thousands of people whose jobs are just to make sure products are in stock/ being delivered on time. These people also need to manage to eek out a tiny profit whenever possible.