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Hahaha — not a sarcastic/malicious laugh. I went through the Amazon interviewing circuit and I remember these principles. I like them. The reason I found this f
by usui 5y ago
Hahaha — not a sarcastic/malicious laugh. I went through the Amazon interviewing circuit and I remember these principles. I like them. The reason I found this funny is because the two new ones,
1. Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer
2. Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility
seem really different in tone relative to the other ones. Everything else sounds like a directive that one cannot disobey, while the confident tone goes down in #1. It's like someone talking tough on certain things, but then in another topic lowers his/her voice and goes slightly quieter
#2 doesn't exactly sound as much of a guiding principle. I can see how one could use it as one, but it sounds more like a fact—a piece of information that is just true regardless of it being a leadership principle or not
I'm at least glad they recognize the issues and are trying to make a statement on it. Hoping that they act on it
- usui 5y agolink to the aboutamazon.com blog: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/two-new-leadership-principles https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/two-new-leader...
- savanaly 5y agoI agree. Why isn't #1 "Be Earth's Best Employer"? Amazon didn't get where they are by practicing the rule "Try to be obsessed with customers".
- dennis_jeeves 5y ago>I like them. I too liked them. >seem really different in tone relative to the other ones. Well the downfall of Amazon has started. Yes the 2 do stand out and in my opinion. >They lead with empathy, have fun at work, and make it easy for others to have fun. Fun at work? Which idiot came up with this? The definition of work is, what is _not_ fun. While it is critical to make work as tolerable as one can. Aiming to make it fun is either an exercise in naivety which will infantalize the workforce, or an act of insincerity.