L7 in HR at the moment and considering moving from Amazon to Adobe...is this a good or bad move from a work/life balance perspective, comp (TC is currently 300)? work in corporate now vs. would be remote being in Seattle. Don’t know much about their culture, etc and am looking for tips.
YOE? It will be a good move assuming better work life balance but I’m not sure how crazy it can get in HR!! I must say you are making some $$$ at Amazon in HR world!! All the best!
13 YOE
How do you feel about being a sociopath? Oh, I almost forgot. Sociopaths don't have feelings.
Says the person who works at Bloomberg. Exhibit A: Sociopathic tendency #1 from yours truly Mr. Bloomberg himself... "There’s no one more qualified to help us and our customers navigate changing global markets." - @MikeBloomberg Notice that ‘US’ comes before ‘customers’. Posted on twitter only yesterday, it would appear you’re surrounded by sociopaths using your definition. Troll, GTFO!
Any corporation puts itself before its customers. Example: if customer A will leave the platform and serving customer A's unique demands costs more than the revenue they add, any profitable corporation with other customers would be willing to lose customer A. This is not a sociopathic tendency, but a necessity to avoid bankruptcy. Mike Bloomberg donates 87% of Bloomberg LP's annual profits to charity. We have a company program that donates $5,000 to charity for every 25 hours of volunteer time by an employee on behalf of various nonprofit social causes. Tell me about another company or CEO that does that. The only reason Bezos is wealthier than the Google founders is that he takes all of Amazon's stock and compensation for himself and treats his employees as expendable, to the point that he forces their attrition. How do you feel about supporting your company's policies of firing employees unjustly, and its culture of forced attrition that puts its employees at the brink of suicide? Like any highly competent HR person, you appear to lack the critical thinking skills and/or courage to see through company Kool Aid. In this case, you fail to see the exceptions to any company's "customer first" mentality. BTW props for liking your own comment.
I have never been in Amazon in my career so I do not know how bad Amazon is but I’m pretty sure you will love here in work/life balance perspective
Adobe is an awesome company specially when it comes to work life balance. There are no counted hours at office, flexible Work from home policy, two shutdowns, paid maternity and paternity, 1 month subbatical after every 5 year spawn at Adobe, unlimited paid time off
That’s great. What are some of the other notable perks? How is the pay structure broken down? Any info on the different locations?
Have a look at https://benefits.adobe.com
Money will likely be less, but as others have said, the culture and wlb at Adobe is hard to beat. Being “remote” may be tough. Are you going to work out of the Seattle office? Many of the people who I know in that office feel like there is a career ceiling and there’s a lot of travel to the Bay Area for those at higher levels.
Heard Adobe has a great culture— they have one week off in summer and winter each so total of two on top of other usual public holidays. Btw youre not an swe at Amazon and getting paid like 300? Wow that’s quite a lot.
Get up high enough in HR you get paid well. Compared to some other tech companies, it’s less.