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Amazon has developed a public reputation for being an intense environment where employees are generally overworked [0]. Unsurprisingly, (based on conversations
by sp527 9y ago
Amazon has developed a public reputation for being an intense environment where employees are generally overworked [0]. Unsurprisingly, (based on conversations with engineers I know there) it varies depending on your team and even geographic location. But, based on the anecdotal data and the reporting that’s been done, it sounds like you can end up really miserable if you get screwed.
[0] https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html?referer= https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amaz...
- notyourwork 9y agoYou can end up really miserable at any company that has a toxic team. This isn't unique to Amazon. I tend to think companies are on a spectrum where you have a few bad apples, a few exceptionally great teams and a most fall into the average like everywhere else in the world.
- ntsplnkv2 9y agoMany companies don't have the reputation Amazon does. Not everything can be explained away with "it can happen everywhere." There's too many stories, cases, and anecdotes about working there to ignore.
- jrs95 9y agoIt doesn't even take an entire toxic team! One bad person, usually a manager, can fuck the whole thing up.