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> Ideally without getting fired. Well that’s not really possible. By definition “things that take a moralistic stand against existing company practices” is equ
by mlthoughts2018 6y ago
> Ideally without getting fired.
Well that’s not really possible. By definition “things that take a moralistic stand against existing company practices” is equivalent to “fireable violation of policy” - it’s Moral Mazes 101.
To be in good standing with a large bureaucratic employer is to either explicitly agree or tacitly decline to disagree with the company’s existing practices. Any deviation is defined as problematic behavior.
The only thing that will cause change is if Amazon is legally required to change or else loses profits unless it changes - and in the latter case that may not be enough because people already very rich may not value that lost profit as highly as they value authoritarian control, sociopathic delight in debasing other people, or just digging their heels in against external forces mandating change.
It’s also unlikely that tech workers quitting will do much. Amazon can restaff in a zillion different ways and at this point could hire more mediocre talent and function in more of a maintenance mode and continue to be successful for a long time.
- jnbiche 6y ago> this point could hire more mediocre talent and function in more of a maintenance mode and continue to be successful for a long time Eh, not sure about that. IBM went downhill fairly quickly once they stopped getting the cream of the crop. Oracle was able to stave off problems for a while, but only because of the lock-in issue. Amazon doesn't have the benefit of lock-in (with the exception of some parts of AWS).