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If you got fired over this it's highly likely you said something pretty bad. The only times I have seen anyone get instafired at Amazon is when they have done s
by hackernews777 5y ago
If you got fired over this it's highly likely you said something pretty bad. The only times I have seen anyone get instafired at Amazon is when they have done something that could be deemed as harassment. (eg. making sexual or racial advancements towards a direct report) Anybody else who gets fired for performance reasons knows they are thin ice for a long time.
- Sparkyte 5y agoSometimes you can get fired/hired over competitive hiring process. Like SWE who have worked there that fail to gain a level almost every other year tend to slant toward the let go phase so Amazon can pick up a shiney new employee in place. This was something Microsoft used to do long ago. I don't agree with this model unless there are traits to the employee that are making work life for everyone harder.
- primitivehacker 5y agoI said this is bull shit
- xwowsersx 5y agowhat is a racial advancement?
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- hackernews777 5y agoMaking some sort of harassment with a racial component that's on par with sexual harassment. Despite all the DEI policies and whatever, the baseline for termination is pretty much the same as most employers, off color remarks are not getting you fired but putting down a fellow employee certainly can.
- IshKebab 5y agoHa I think they were just pointing out that a sexual advance is a real phrase but a "racial advance" isn't and makes no sense. It's a bit subtle.
- allenrb 5y agoI’m reasonably sure they got “advances” and “harassment” jumbled up. Ie, both “(unwanted) sexual advances” and “sexual harassment” are things, but only “racial harassment” is a thing. At least, I think so. Sometimes the world changes while I’m looking the other way.
- whycombinatore 5y agoAmazon has shit managers. Stop whitewashing your behavior.