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I read a lot that Amazon has a challenging culture. Is it just in dev/tech roles or is it a culture thing?
by rubyfan 5y ago
I read a lot that Amazon has a challenging culture. Is it just in dev/tech roles or is it a culture thing?
- GoldenMonkey 5y agoEverywhere. They even made their warehouse staff come in during a tornado. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59641784 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59641784
- fhood 5y agoLarge portions of AWS are widely regarded as waking nightmares. Elsewhere largely seems to be fine.
- rubyfan 5y agoThey seem like two different companies to me.
- yurishimo 5y agoThere are plenty of stories out there about teams hiring people for the sole purpose of having someone to fire to meet a culling quota. If there is a company initiative to cut dead weight every year, it's going to develop cliques and clubs of people who want to keep their jobs above all else. I've also heard that people on those teams can generally be happy in their roles as long as they feel secure they aren't on the chopping block.
- stainforth 5y agoCan I work that role at Amazon (I suppose get fired quickly) and get some value of having that on my resume? Seriously asking.
- coolspot 5y agoYes, FAANG job always looks good on the resume, compared to no-name companies. But staying for less than 12 months may look suspicious.
- tedivm 5y agoThey treat their top level (principal) people fine but the others like trash. Forcing people to return to the office unless they get special permission from their team (something no one I personally know has ever gotten, although if you have a twitter account with at least 50k followers the odds goes up considerably.