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I work at a company that hires developers out of Amazon. We joke about having to deprogram them, but it's not really a joke. They bring a lot of emotional issue
by leros 5y ago
I work at a company that hires developers out of Amazon. We joke about having to deprogram them, but it's not really a joke. They bring a lot of emotional issues and toxic workplace habits with them. Don't get me wrong, the Amazon engineers are fantastic, but there is clearly something unhealthy going on at Amazon.
- nobleach 5y agoI left a place that was full of death-marches. Those old habits really can stick with you. It took me months at my new job where I kept asking myself, "why do I still feel stressed? No one is behind me telling me I have to deliver" Because I was so used to that constant stress, I had begun to place those expectations on myself! What's worse, I was frustrated that no one else was on Slack on Saturday at 11am to look at my PRs... I've come down off of that lately. And it's such a relief.
- Rebelgecko 5y ago"Deprogram" is the same word I came here to use... I haven't seen it myself, but supposedly it's inevitable that you'll eventually have to have "the talk" with a former Amazon employee who tries to schedule a meeting at 7am