hackernews777

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by hackernews777 5y ago
I thought he was referring to the fact you don't have to be particularly clever or competent person to keep your job. Amazon isn't known for firing people on the spot for honest mistakes (CoE gets filed and life goes on). It'
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by hackernews777 5y ago
A person would be wise to not admit working for a company when their comments go against company policy on public comments.
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by hackernews777 5y ago
> "FAANG" companies that OP mentions have a smug sense of superiority. I think it is the opposite. No one is going to fire you over shipping a kludge or low quality software, especially when you document why it is the case. Peo
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by hackernews777 5y ago
Making some sort of harassment with a racial component that's on par with sexual harassment. Despite all the DEI policies and whatever, the baseline for termination is pretty much the same as most employers, off color remarks are not
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by hackernews777 5y ago
If you got fired over this it's highly likely you said something pretty bad. The only times I have seen anyone get instafired at Amazon is when they have done something that could be deemed as harassment. (eg. making sexual or racial a
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by hackernews777 5y ago
> This is Amazon/Bezos' fault, not the driver's. Agree. > Things like this are going to keep happening and keep getting worse until the middle class/upper middle class realizes that our current lifestyle and access
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by hackernews777 5y ago
No it doesn't track with human existence. In the past such things lead to wars and large schisms in societies, it is completely abnormal for the vast majority of anything to be negative and the prevailing wisdom be just grin and bear i
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by hackernews777 5y ago
It is a chore to open your mouth. A person shouldn't be subject to being prepared to engage in a 100 different conversations for the crime of walking outside their house. It also doesn't help that the vast majority of interactions