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These tech workers seem to say otherwise about both working conditions and turnover: https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4fg44p/11_reasons_worki

These tech workers seem to say otherwise about both working conditions and turnover: https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4fg44p/11_reasons_working_for_amazon_is_the_worst_ever/#bottom-comments https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4fg44p/1... Glassdoor is filed with them too I'm glad you are happy at your job. Many people disagree.

noahm 9y ago
Sure, but just as with customers, the dissatisfied (ex-)employees are going to be most vocal. Do you really think Amazon could build things like AWS, Alexa, the Go Store, etc, if it was a sweatshop where everybody but Jeff was in hell? I don't.
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- mercutio2 9y ago
  > Sure, but just as with customers, the dissatisfied (ex-)employees are going to be most vocal. Agreed that Glassdoor is an outrageously bad indicator about a company, taken in isolation. > Do you really think Amazon could build things like AWS, Alexa, the Go Store, etc, if it was a sweatshop where everybody but Jeff was in hell? Nobody is claiming that every single employee has a terrible life at Amazon. But new college grads who don't mind and/or mind but don't really believe better working conditions are possible can build most of what you referenced. I have only anecdotal evidence, but the majority of ex Facebook, Apple, and Google employees I know say pretty balanced pro/con things about their former workplaces. Of the six ex Amazon employees I know well enough to discuss this with, they universally decry the horrible work cultures they experienced there. So, I'm glad you like your work culture, but I know I'd never even consider working at a Jeff Bezos company. Despite how awesome I thing Blue Origin is.
  - praneshp 9y ago
    4 people I graduated with in 2013, plus my wife (who went to work there more recently) all work at AWS, and they all love it. More anecdotal evidence.

noahm 9y ago

Sure, but just as with customers, the dissatisfied (ex-)employees are going to be most vocal. Do you really think Amazon could build things like AWS, Alexa, the Go Store, etc, if it was a sweatshop where everybody but Jeff was in hell? I don't.

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mercutio2 9y ago
> Sure, but just as with customers, the dissatisfied (ex-)employees are going to be most vocal. Agreed that Glassdoor is an outrageously bad indicator about a company, taken in isolation. > Do you really think Amazon could build things like AWS, Alexa, the Go Store, etc, if it was a sweatshop where everybody but Jeff was in hell? Nobody is claiming that every single employee has a terrible life at Amazon. But new college grads who don't mind and/or mind but don't really believe better working conditions are possible can build most of what you referenced. I have only anecdotal evidence, but the majority of ex Facebook, Apple, and Google employees I know say pretty balanced pro/con things about their former workplaces. Of the six ex Amazon employees I know well enough to discuss this with, they universally decry the horrible work cultures they experienced there. So, I'm glad you like your work culture, but I know I'd never even consider working at a Jeff Bezos company. Despite how awesome I thing Blue Origin is.
- praneshp 9y ago
  4 people I graduated with in 2013, plus my wife (who went to work there more recently) all work at AWS, and they all love it. More anecdotal evidence.