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Um, you realize people need a job to put a shelter over their head and food in their mouth--right? For everyone below vice president Amazon is just a J-O-B to
by qbasic_forever 5y ago
Um, you realize people need a job to put a shelter over their head and food in their mouth--right? For everyone below vice president Amazon is just a J-O-B to them. It's not their lifestyle, it's not their worldview. You're missing out on an unbelievable amount of good candidates with that view.
- bodge5000 5y agoI have noticed on HN a weird idea that most programmers are insanely rich and can pick and choose any job they like (I even saw one person say "lets be honest, none of us need a job..."), so I guess they're going by the logic that if you work for them you either endorse their worldview or don't care, which as you say I doubt is true for the majority of us
- qbasic_forever 5y agoYou can look up the average salaries for Amazon folks on sites like glassdoor. They're known for being competitive but not particularly larger or better than any other tech company. They pay well enough to live in a high cost of living area like Seattle but that's about it. Someone who spends a couple years at amazon is not going to be 'insanely rich'.
- pm90 5y agoWell, not insanely rich. But let’s not pretend that the profession doesn’t compensate way above average and lots of options to choose from. definitely favorable for labor in this market, which is unlike most other labor markets.
- operatingthetan 5y agoI probably wouldn't want to work for a manager who filtered out names from their list based on previous employers alone. That seems like petty and self-sabotaging behavior.
- beachy 5y agoThat's actually one of the strongest signals that recruiters look for - who do you work for currently/ previously.