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I'm biased as I'm an Amazon SDE. That aside... Amazon experiments. It's not about bold PR moves to make waves and attract attention. It's about trying everythi
by mabbo 10y ago
I'm biased as I'm an Amazon SDE. That aside...
Amazon experiments. It's not about bold PR moves to make waves and attract attention. It's about trying everything, even ideas that might sound bad, and seeing if they actually work. This? This is the same idea. Try it out on something less important (HR software, sure, why not) and see what happens.
In the worst case, a bit of internal software is late. That's a low-cost risk to see if you can find a way to reduce developer costs efficiently.
- crack-the-code 10y agoIt may be part of the same philosophy of "trying everything," but it would be naive to say that there are no motivations of improving the negative reputation Amazon has built upon itself through its intensive work ethic.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIdea may be independent from spin. All companies have people responsible for turning everything they possibly can into good PR.
- vectorjohn 10y agoHow DARE they try to improve their reputation by offering something people want. The scum!
- obmelvin 10y agoI've never understood why people paint companies making changes after negative publicity as such a scummy thing. Not all good changes can be thought of in advance. Making a change should not be viewed as scummy after negative feedback. In fact, not listening and adjusting is the worse move.
- mabbo 10y agoThat's a fair point.