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Quite agree, having had to help ex Amazonians emotionally process their anti empathy training whenever they are hired at companies I’ve worked at. All my friend
by taurath 5y ago
Quite agree, having had to help ex Amazonians emotionally process their anti empathy training whenever they are hired at companies I’ve worked at. All my friends who’ve stayed at Amazon have gotten cold, distant, and the light behind their eyes is gone. If you see them entering “work mode” you see what is functionally a sociopath - brutal but effective. More have taken long breaks from work to get therapy. Some have left the industry entirely.
I will not say that “it’s not like that for everyone” or “it depends what team you’re on”. The company is made to make you think a certain way.
- dudul 5y agoAmazon is on my blacklist when I evaluate resumes. I would never hire someone who spent more than 1 year at Amazon. I've seen first hand how these people are incapable of empathy, team work or fostering a good environment.
- ajb 5y agoYour cutoff point might be too short. The most empathic manager I ever met came from there, spending 1 year 9 months.
- radnor 5y agoI've heard similar sentiment from other hiring managers.
- gusgus01 5y agoIs this for managers or engineers as well? There are several reasons I've stayed at Amazon as an engineer, such as, the stock growth created golden handcuffs, covid added a lot of fear and uncertainty and reduced mobility, and the team I'm on has a lot of people I've grown fond of through shared tribulations. I've also found that the burnout creates a feedback loop that makes leaving hard to accomplish.
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