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Spot on, and the recent press around Amazon's warehouse churn tells you everything you need to know about how they view labor. They're legitimately at risk of c
by thr0wawayf00 4y ago
Spot on, and the recent press around Amazon's warehouse churn tells you everything you need to know about how they view labor. They're legitimately at risk of churning through their entire candidate pool in some job functions within the next few years and they don't care at all.[0]
0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-workers-shortage-leaked-memo-warehouse https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-wo...
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoPerhaps that explains the increasingly frenetic attempts from AWS recruiters to contact me.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoThe person you're responding to is talking about their warehouse workers, though it's possible something similar is happening with their engineers.
- the_only_law 4y agoSomething must be going on with their engineers. People who other FAANGs wouldn’t touch with a 20ft pole can get Amazon recruiters in their inbox.
- blaser-waffle 4y agoIt's an open secret it's a rough place to work, even as a programmer. The Seattle Times and others have articles about it. No shortage of people talking shit on Reddit, either; NDAs don't last forever.
- midoridensha 4y agoIt's not just the low-skill warehouse workers and delivery drivers; everything I've read about their IT/tech jobs sounds like an absolute horror show, along with an enormous amount of churn.