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If I hadn't already heard from enough people I trust that working as a developer at Amazon sucks (depends on team, from what I hear, but I've heard lots more ba
by georgemcbay 13y ago
If I hadn't already heard from enough people I trust that working as a developer at Amazon sucks (depends on team, from what I hear, but I've heard lots more bad than good) your interview experience alone would be sufficient to get me to not bother interviewing with them.
I love them as a customer though!
For some reason their recruiters attempt to recruit me quite a lot (via LinkedIn, email, etc) despite the fact that they have no office in San Diego and I have no interest in living in Seattle.
- yareally 13y agoSeems to happen quite a bit. I get pinged on linkedin or email by them a few times a year, despite me living probably 700 miles from their nearest office in the United States. No interest really in moving to Seattle or their other office in Boston, but I still get the occasional inquiry.
- matwood 13y agoI love them as a customer though! I recently read "The Everything Store" and and my take away was that customer is the only relationship you want with Amazon. Everyone else gets hosed.
- erichmond 13y agoI had the exact same feeling. Bezos' and Amazon's approach actually made me question how far would I go to build a billion dollar company. The customer experience is bar none the best I've seen at a company, but deep down I'd hope there would be a way to do it that wouldn't require leaving so much collateral damage. -edit- Wife was talking to me while writing this post, hence, errors. -edit-