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After nytimes articles, Amazon seriously has started improving its culture. Managers though still have same mindset of treating employees as replaceable resourc

by uji 9y ago

After nytimes articles, Amazon seriously has started improving its culture. Managers though still have same mindset of treating employees as replaceable resources. This is one instance after the article came out. My pregnant friend one day sent an email that she would be WFH as she isn't feeling well. Manager replied back that this is not acceptable and you should give a week of notice for your plans. This might be okay in other fields, but in tech WFH is considered a perk and companies don't care as long as you do your work.

GabrielF00 9y ago
It really varies by manager and org. I had one manager who would pull stuff like that. The other managers that I've had have been very flexible. I agree that there have been institutional changes after the NYT article that have made the company more employee friendly.
madamelic 9y ago
Minimum notices for WFH days baffles me. I can understand making it a policy to limit WFH days to a very minimum, but the idea of a notice period for WFH makes no sense to me. It makes people more unproductive then they really have to be.
- dawnerd 9y ago
  I've made the choice to never work for a company that doesn't let me work from home whenever I want.
protomyth 9y ago
Look, if someone is pregnant and tells their boss they need to WFH, then they need to WFH. I cannot respect a company or a person that doesn't follow that simple rule. I know a couple of business owners in these parts that would have the manager sitting on the curb wondering how he got thrown out of the building so fast, and I'd applaud.
gaius 9y ago
Managers though still have same mindset of treating employees as replaceable resources It becomes self-fulfilling. Once you start having a high staff turnover then the org has no choice but to ensure that people are interchangeable and replaceable. Its hard to break out of that. Amazon's senior management should have nipped it in the bud early on.

by uji 9y ago

GabrielF00 9y ago

It really varies by manager and org. I had one manager who would pull stuff like that. The other managers that I've had have been very flexible. I agree that there have been institutional changes after the NYT article that have made the company more employee friendly.

madamelic 9y ago

Minimum notices for WFH days baffles me. I can understand making it a policy to limit WFH days to a very minimum, but the idea of a notice period for WFH makes no sense to me. It makes people more unproductive then they really have to be.

dawnerd 9y ago
I've made the choice to never work for a company that doesn't let me work from home whenever I want.

protomyth 9y ago

Look, if someone is pregnant and tells their boss they need to WFH, then they need to WFH. I cannot respect a company or a person that doesn't follow that simple rule. I know a couple of business owners in these parts that would have the manager sitting on the curb wondering how he got thrown out of the building so fast, and I'd applaud.

gaius 9y ago

Managers though still have same mindset of treating employees as replaceable resources It becomes self-fulfilling. Once you start having a high staff turnover then the org has no choice but to ensure that people are interchangeable and replaceable. Its hard to break out of that. Amazon's senior management should have nipped it in the bud early on.