Curious how current folks at Amazon feel about Bezos’ influence on the company. I’m about to interview with them. Would it be better off or worse off if he were to step down? Is he considered a Steve Jobs-like visionary and motivator?
Amazon - good place to be an L7+, bad place to be an L5-.
L6 is in limbo?
Depends on team and role. L6s often are the ones who get shit from above, below and the sides. L6 SDEs are highly valuable though and treated well, less as direct producers of code and more as team leaders and augmenters.
Interesting. How long does it take to progress from L5 typically?
Him and Jassy are extremely low visibility in the company. Every direction from above I've seen has come from VPs. Sometimes I wonder if they even go into work in the mornings.
@KoUq26 - care to elaborate what does he do to the employees? (other than being impatient in meetings with higher execs - something which has been mentioned too many times already)
@KoUq26 - fair points and I totally agree with the monitor/equipment bullshit..employers totally need to own that. As for free food, I think as adults we can just buy our own food..not a big deal. As for blue collar workers..I think some of it is genuine and some of it is general bad PR of Amazon in media. (I don't work for Amazon..just appreciate their innovation)