Sure, they occasionally help out Mary's Place and the like, not disputing that. Many other companies do so too. From what I've heard from Amazon workers, from

Sure, they occasionally help out Mary's Place and the like, not disputing that. Many other companies do so too. From what I've heard from Amazon workers, from drinking with them on Cap Hill, or from my own neighbors who work there, or my Cousin who was a higher up there & left, or from my friends, on average its not a great place to work. There are good teams, but compared to what I've heard from IBM or Microsoft employees it sounds worse than working at either of them, and on par with working at Adobe Seattle over in Fremont.