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This is huge, and I wonder how much Amazon culture Dave is going to intentionally implement in Flexport. I heard the heavy recruitment of Amazonian people and p
by jerglingu 4y ago
This is huge, and I wonder how much Amazon culture Dave is going to intentionally implement in Flexport. I heard the heavy recruitment of Amazonian people and practices was already jarring enough to tenured Flexport employees.
- daydream 4y agoI’ve seen similar situations up close multiple times before. This guy has been at Amazon for 20+ years. He is going to intentionally implement A LOT of Amazon culture. He is going to find the Amazon people that work there, pull them closer to him, and then hire away a bunch more of his buddies from Amazon. Think about it this way. Do you think he’s going to get there and go “we’re switching to a four-day workweek! And everyone gets a 20% raise!” Not going to happen. If I was at Flexport and didn’t buy in to the Amazon culture I’d start polishing my resume.
- jerglingu 4y agoTrue, and on reflection of your comment, it's naive to wonder how hard he'll bring the culture of Amazon, especially since it's proven to "deliver results." While I view my time at Amazon as especially formative and valuable, it's a place I'll never return to for what are now probably obvious reasons. May God have mercy on Flexport souls.
- daydream 4y agoAmen.
- Gortal278 4y agoFlexport is on an impressive run. It's not going to keep that run going by dropping to a 4 day work week, that isn't gonna happen. I wouldn't write off the compensation though, Amazon tends to pay very competitively across the whole company, from bottom of the company to the top. If flexport doesn't, I assume it will soon.