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I haven't worked there, but I got the impression going back decades that Amazon is a terrible place to work. That said, I have a friend who worked there and had
by dboreham 4y ago
I haven't worked there, but I got the impression going back decades that Amazon is a terrible place to work. That said, I have a friend who worked there and had really only positive things to say. And he quit the valley startup where we both worked when things became rocky there, and went back to a different job at Amazon. So YMMV it seems.
- midoridensha 4y ago>I haven't worked there, but I got the impression going back decades that Amazon is a terrible place to work. That said, I have a friend who worked there and had really only positive things to say. I've heard the same thing about them. I think it's a place where certain kinds of people like to work, for a while, because it pays well and looks great on a resume, and they don't mind working long hours to do that kind of work and earn that kind of pay. But it's not for everyone.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoWhen I worked there, it was a hell of a lot less stressful than the startups I'd worked for before that, where the company was always just a couple of months away from disaster. Once I picked up Financial Independence habits, my life was a breeze (even though the job itself was a techno-bureaucratic nightmare straight out of a Dilbert strip)
- midoridensha 4y agoWell, yes, I'd consider most startups to be the most stressful type of workplace you could possibly work at as a SWE.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoyeah, I'm just worried that someone is going to avoid Amazon because they think their $120k startup job is less stressful To be fair, the startup jobs I had weren't that stressful either. I was in a comfortable indoor environment with a nice computer and reasonable work-life balance. Way nicer jobs than working at a restaurant or something