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> I am obviously sympathetic to his plight, but at this point Amazon has that reputation as a brutal employer. Every ex-Amazonian I have known in real life has
by aaomidi 5y ago
> I am obviously sympathetic to his plight, but at this point Amazon has that reputation as a brutal employer. Every ex-Amazonian I have known in real life has told me that the pay is so that they own you, whether 3PM or 3AM and they have no qualms about firing you (a former co-worker who was with AWS said that if I ever take an AWS role, don't get a full year lease for a condo in Seattle). Not to blame him, but it is unfortunate that he didn't have someone who could advise him that taking a hard job at a notoriously uncaring company with a sick wife would be unwise.
Make it illegal to companies to do this. Simple. Companies operate within the laws of the society they're based in. If Amazon doesn't like it they can take their bags and go somewhere else.
- sokoloff 5y agoIf many companies are paying $100K/yr, is it really in the public interest to prevent a hard-driving company from paying $300K/yr to employees who want to sign up for that bargain? If you don’t want that bargain, don’t take it, but I don’t see the public interest in blocking others who do want it from taking it.
- maccolgan 5y agoQue people bitching that Amazon moved to China and is now a Chinese company. (I don't necessarily believe that'll ever happen but imagine HN if that happened)