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Man I'm glad these threads pop up. Every so often Amazon starts to look tempting as a place to work, and I need threads like this to remind me that it sucks and

by Dig1t 7y ago

Man I'm glad these threads pop up. Every so often Amazon starts to look tempting as a place to work, and I need threads like this to remind me that it sucks and isn't worth it.

anonu 7y ago
I read the parent comment as mostly positive. The average tenure of the s team sits at 16 years. That's a long time to be working in one place. So the negative press about working there is maybe a bit sensationalist
- Pfhreak 7y ago
  I think I still feel mostly positive about working at AWS. I'm glad I did it for six years, but I'm in a different place in my life. I value different things now. I'm not the young, work driven person I used to be. (Or at least not as much.) Edit: That said, I don't think the negative media is sensationalist. I would absolutely believe that some people cried at their (door) desks. I would believe that people were verbally or emotionally abusive. Amazon operates in little pods, and if there's a bad leader organizing a set of pods, they can really turn the culture there toxic. I was lucky to have a fantastic set of leaders (shout outs to Builder Tools) who really supported their people. I've heard some first person accounts of orgs that were... not out of line with media accounts.
  - offbyone 7y ago
    Yeah... BT is still pretty great. Good leaders for the most part, and the opportunity to have huge positive effects on many fronts.
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sneak 7y ago
Let’s also not forget that Amazon are war profiteers: https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/defense/ https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/defense/
- veeralpatel979 7y ago
  Another way of looking at it is that they are using their technology to help defend the country where the company was created.
  - lordlic 7y ago
    US national defense hasn't really been about, you know, defense in a long time. Politically-motivated proxy wars don't count.

by Dig1t 7y ago

Man I'm glad these threads pop up. Every so often Amazon starts to look tempting as a place to work, and I need threads like this to remind me that it sucks and isn't worth it.

anonu 7y ago

I read the parent comment as mostly positive. The average tenure of the s team sits at 16 years. That's a long time to be working in one place. So the negative press about working there is maybe a bit sensationalist

Pfhreak 7y ago
I think I still feel mostly positive about working at AWS. I'm glad I did it for six years, but I'm in a different place in my life. I value different things now. I'm not the young, work driven person I used to be. (Or at least not as much.) Edit: That said, I don't think the negative media is sensationalist. I would absolutely believe that some people cried at their (door) desks. I would believe that people were verbally or emotionally abusive. Amazon operates in little pods, and if there's a bad leader organizing a set of pods, they can really turn the culture there toxic. I was lucky to have a fantastic set of leaders (shout outs to Builder Tools) who really supported their people. I've heard some first person accounts of orgs that were... not out of line with media accounts.
- offbyone 7y ago
  Yeah... BT is still pretty great. Good leaders for the most part, and the opportunity to have huge positive effects on many fronts.

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sneak 7y ago

Let’s also not forget that Amazon are war profiteers: https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/defense/ https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/defense/

veeralpatel979 7y ago
Another way of looking at it is that they are using their technology to help defend the country where the company was created.
- lordlic 7y ago
  US national defense hasn't really been about, you know, defense in a long time. Politically-motivated proxy wars don't count.