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Quitting my job at Amazon, only second to going on the record and explaining to my boss that the reason I quit was "oranges" - I did this because I knew my boss

Quitting my job at Amazon, only second to going on the record and explaining to my boss that the reason I quit was "oranges" - I did this because I knew my boss would be reprimanded and asked by HR / mgmt "why did your employee quit because of this reason here?" and have to explain why I quit because of "oranges". I should add, that almost all of the other lead engineers moved to other teams or also left. It's taken me more than a year to un-learn and cleanse my head of all the stupid games I had to play at that bullshit company. Finally, quitting drinking. I never really drank that much, but at this point I don't really crave alcohol at all.

Sevii 6y ago
Oranges are people with 5+ years tenure at Amazon. Only outclassed by red badges in ‘peculiar-ness’. One benefit of being full remote is that these kind of social problems are way less annoying this year.
- bekantan 6y ago
  What’s peculiar about “red badges” and “oranges” at Amazon (genuinely interested)?
  - meowface 6y ago
    At a company where I worked, red badges indicated someone was a contractor. Everyone else had a white badge (sometimes with a colored marker for certain kinds of access). "Red badges" were routinely made fun of and hazed. A pretty high percentage would end up getting hired full-time and the hazing would stop, so it wasn't exactly "personal", but it was definitely kind of weird. (I have no clue what a red badge indicates at Amazon, though.)
- koolk3ychain 6y ago
  Haha, this is true. I'll add that where I was working S-team members were showing up weekly, in other words the writing was on the wall that org level things were not going well. I mostly meant "oranges" as a random word that popped into my head to fuck with my boss. I was between "oranges" and "Methyl anthranilate" (the artificial chemical that behind "grape" flavor) ;)
programmerslave 6y ago
How long did you work at Amazon? I’m a current employee and absolutely hate it. But the money is good and I’m learning a lot about building large scale systems
- koolk3ychain 6y ago
  A little over a year. I also got to work on some really cool leading edge tech, but god did the culture and environment suck. I'd give back $20k to take that time back.

Sevii 6y ago

Oranges are people with 5+ years tenure at Amazon. Only outclassed by red badges in ‘peculiar-ness’. One benefit of being full remote is that these kind of social problems are way less annoying this year.

bekantan 6y ago
What’s peculiar about “red badges” and “oranges” at Amazon (genuinely interested)?
- meowface 6y ago
  At a company where I worked, red badges indicated someone was a contractor. Everyone else had a white badge (sometimes with a colored marker for certain kinds of access). "Red badges" were routinely made fun of and hazed. A pretty high percentage would end up getting hired full-time and the hazing would stop, so it wasn't exactly "personal", but it was definitely kind of weird. (I have no clue what a red badge indicates at Amazon, though.)
koolk3ychain 6y ago
Haha, this is true. I'll add that where I was working S-team members were showing up weekly, in other words the writing was on the wall that org level things were not going well. I mostly meant "oranges" as a random word that popped into my head to fuck with my boss. I was between "oranges" and "Methyl anthranilate" (the artificial chemical that behind "grape" flavor) ;)

programmerslave 6y ago

How long did you work at Amazon? I’m a current employee and absolutely hate it. But the money is good and I’m learning a lot about building large scale systems

koolk3ychain 6y ago
A little over a year. I also got to work on some really cool leading edge tech, but god did the culture and environment suck. I'd give back $20k to take that time back.