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It would be helpful for this entire conversation if we could get a data-driven answer for the question of how the work environment is at Amazon. Someone mentio
by d23 11y ago
It would be helpful for this entire conversation if we could get a data-driven answer for the question of how the work environment is at Amazon. Someone mentioned them having one of the lowest retention times for developers in the industry. If that's the case, it's damning, no matter how many anecdotes come along defending them. If that's not the case, then a few disgruntled employees with axes to grind shouldn't make a difference as to how we judge them.
- MCRed 11y agoNobody has access to that data except executives at Amazon. However, I can say that when I was ready to go (and tried to transfer out of the group) we had lost %70 of the employees in the group. After I left, the group basically dissipated... and the incompetent manager who drove them all off, he got promoted!
- Yhippa 11y agoHow can this possibly be beneficial for this to happen? Surely they will eventually run out of developers to trick.
- amazonthrowaway 11y agoPayscale.com puts the average employee tenure at 1 year, which is very low, but comparable to Google (1.1 years). Apple is 2 years, Microsoft is 4 years. http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/employee-loyalty/full-list http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/employee-loyalty/full-...