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> Wouldn't you call two new offices that are smaller than the headquarters "satellite offices"? They could be divisional HQs, as in Alexa HQ'd in NYC and AWS i

> Wouldn't you call two new offices that are smaller than the headquarters "satellite offices"? They could be divisional HQs, as in Alexa HQ'd in NYC and AWS in DC.

fooker 8y ago
If they do that, that is eventually going to be used as ammunition for dismantling them.
- pc86 8y ago
  Fine, I'll bite. How?
  - fooker 8y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System#Post-breakup_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System#Pos... Note the geographically oriented split.
dunpeal 8y ago
But they won't be. Can you imagine Amazon hiring 25k employees for just one project like Alexa? Also, the whole point of the new offices is to aid recruitment. Limiting particular offices to just one skillset goes totally against that. No, these offices will be smaller than the Seattle HQ, but at half the size, you can expect them to be quite diverse. They will not be a "single project" office.
- virtuallynathan 8y ago
  Actually, there's already ~10k people working on Alexa
  - count 8y ago
    Manual QA is a bitch.
    - Rychard 8y ago
      You're sitting in a small room at a table. In front of you, a stack of paper containing a nearly-endless list of words. An Alexa device sits in a nearby corner. Clearing your throat in preparation, you reach for the first sheet of paper and begin to read the list of words: "Alacksah... Alicksah... Alorksah... Alucksah" You think to yourself: for $15/hour, you've had worse jobs.