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Strangely I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Amazon one, save for Dan Vassalo which was more of a fatFIRE/entrepreneurial (folks, follow him on Twitter) article th

Strangely I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Amazon one, save for Dan Vassalo which was more of a fatFIRE/entrepreneurial (folks, follow him on Twitter) article than just a stream of elitist, first world complaints. I think I read one from Facebook that blamed the OP quitting on how parking worked (??)

a3n 7y ago
Did Amazon put nets on the building after that one guy jumped off? https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-share-thoughts-about-suicide-survivor-2016-12?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-share-thoug...
- trenning 7y ago
  No but they did promote his manager the next promo cycle. Just normal Amazon things.
  - winrid 7y ago
    That's terrifying.
jorblumesea 7y ago
There's literally entire websites and hundreds of articles written by ex-employees and journalists about how badly Amazon treats its employees. I've never worked there so I can't say for certain, but "don't work for Amazon" it's pretty much a meme at this point.
- akhilcacharya 7y ago
  Oh? Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Are you trying to imply something about them or am I reading too much into this?
  - jorblumesea 7y ago
    > Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Ignorance of Amazon culture and practices, greed, visa issues, many don't believe it's as bad as it is until they experience it. Many use Amazon as a stepping stone because it looks good on your resume and will guarantee you an interview at most places. For the fulfillment centers folks and blue collar ops; desperation. Retention for engineers is really low, some say as low as 12 months. So thousands work there, but many do not stay. Also the reason why their compensation is mostly in stock. They know you won't last. This is all gleaned from friends who work there or have worked there. It's a place you want to be seen working, but doesn't work out for many.
    - amznthrowaway5 7y ago
      Tenure at Amazon is like a battle scar that proves you are tough.
    - pas 7y ago
      Plus it's not thaaat bad. (Eg. any big enterprise where IT is just a cost-center will be much worse.) Simply other FAANG places are more feely-goody.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    > 'Oh? Then why do thousands of engineers do then?' Because they offered me more money than anybody else, and because I liked the mentor I had when I was an intern there. Not having to re-interview for a fulltime job after my internship was nice too. As to why I took the internship... because the money was good and I like ebooks. Not very good reasons, but those were my reasons. (I've since quit, after readjusting my priorities in life.)
    - akhilcacharya 7y ago
      Where'd you go after that then?
  - Buge 7y ago
    >Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Just because something is a meme doesn't mean it's true or true all the time.

a3n 7y ago

Did Amazon put nets on the building after that one guy jumped off? https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-share-thoughts-about-suicide-survivor-2016-12?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-share-thoug...

trenning 7y ago
No but they did promote his manager the next promo cycle. Just normal Amazon things.
- winrid 7y ago
  That's terrifying.

jorblumesea 7y ago

There's literally entire websites and hundreds of articles written by ex-employees and journalists about how badly Amazon treats its employees. I've never worked there so I can't say for certain, but "don't work for Amazon" it's pretty much a meme at this point.

akhilcacharya 7y ago
Oh? Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Are you trying to imply something about them or am I reading too much into this?
- jorblumesea 7y ago
  > Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Ignorance of Amazon culture and practices, greed, visa issues, many don't believe it's as bad as it is until they experience it. Many use Amazon as a stepping stone because it looks good on your resume and will guarantee you an interview at most places. For the fulfillment centers folks and blue collar ops; desperation. Retention for engineers is really low, some say as low as 12 months. So thousands work there, but many do not stay. Also the reason why their compensation is mostly in stock. They know you won't last. This is all gleaned from friends who work there or have worked there. It's a place you want to be seen working, but doesn't work out for many.
  - amznthrowaway5 7y ago
    Tenure at Amazon is like a battle scar that proves you are tough.
  - pas 7y ago
    Plus it's not thaaat bad. (Eg. any big enterprise where IT is just a cost-center will be much worse.) Simply other FAANG places are more feely-goody.
- catalogia 7y ago
  > 'Oh? Then why do thousands of engineers do then?' Because they offered me more money than anybody else, and because I liked the mentor I had when I was an intern there. Not having to re-interview for a fulltime job after my internship was nice too. As to why I took the internship... because the money was good and I like ebooks. Not very good reasons, but those were my reasons. (I've since quit, after readjusting my priorities in life.)
  - akhilcacharya 7y ago
    Where'd you go after that then?
- Buge 7y ago
  >Then why do thousands of engineers do then? Just because something is a meme doesn't mean it's true or true all the time.