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The irony here... "On the first topic, we’ve always sought to hire very smart, high judgment, inventive, delivery-focused, and missionary teammates. And, we ha
by adabyron 2y ago
The irony here...
"On the first topic, we’ve always sought to hire very smart, high judgment, inventive, delivery-focused, and missionary teammates. And, we have always wanted the people doing the actual detailed work to have high ownership."
Then shortly later..
"We are also going to bring back assigned desk arrangements"
So they hire smart people with great judgement who have high ownership but also treat them like incompetent workers who need to show up to the office, in their assigned seat & do their assigned tasks... And he calls this startup culture? Can Amazon even be considered a "tech" company at this point? It seems long gone are the days of innovation & growth at the cost of profit.
- malfist 2y agoButts in seats as a KPI is the definition of "Day 2 culture"
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoAs someone in a hot desking situation, I would kill for an assigned seat. I do not even have someplace to put a coffee cup. Have to pack/unpack all of my stuff daily.
- op00to 2y agoI can leave my coffee cup on my home office desk for weeks at a time if I choose.
- juunpp 2y agoSeems like the capitalists have found the way to make office workers be constantly on the edge about their job security. Pack/unpack stuff every day is hilarious.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoIt brings to mind how much easier it is to do layoffs. No longer have a desk to pack up when let go.
- juunpp 2y agoAll the more convenient!