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Amazon Reputation
- Amazons Reputation Does Amazon care about their reputation at all? Their 401k plan sucks balls, the match is embarrassing, the first thing anybody asks me is “do you get prime free” and I get to respond “no because Jeff Bezos is a cheap fuck”, rumor has it they give older employees negative raises if their stock went
- Amazon reputation Why does Amazon get a bad rap around here? Excluding the non-existent perks, I personally haven't had any negative experiences commonly mentioned in other posts (e.g. long working hours, PIP culture, etc). I honestly like my team and I am optimistic about career growth prospects. Did I just get luck
- Amazon Has Destroyed Its Reputation Amazon has offered me and a couple of people I know a higher TC and a wanted relocation and yet nobody I know took the offer. and everyone I know is now excluding amazon when applying.. did amazon really fuxx up their reputation that much? are they still getting good talents?
- Amazon vs Bytedance reputation Hi All, how would people rate Amazon vs Bytedance in terms of reputation for a long-term career? No trolling, please :)
- Does Amazon have an unfair reputation? Started working with amazon 6 months back and was mentally prepared to have a hectic WLB. Had heard rumours about the “toxic” culture. On the contrary, I have had a good work life balance, have learned a lot and I like the fact that my team and manager have high standards for the products we own. I
- Apple vs Amazon. More reputation in tech industry Which one do you prefer or have more reputation when you have candidates from both Apple and Amazon in interviews? I see most of the folks from Amazon go to Google, Facebook and other top companies, rarely any posts from Apple folks. Amazon has more good engineers than Apple? @google @facebook @ne
- Amazon Pip reputation I am now in the middle of aws hiring process and reading about their pip culture (10% have to go each year) I think that's messed up and don't feel like continuing the process as I have never seen this happen at msft. Do you think I'm right?
- vote Amazon vs Uber reputation In job market
- Amazon Reputation in the mud Doesn’t seem very "Biased for Action" that this is going on for this long. It's not a good look at all.
- vote Does the poor reputation at Amazon also apply to AWS? Recruiter reached me for AWS SDE. TC: 🥜
- Amazon changing their reputation with the new LP "Strive to be Earth’s Best Employer." The new LP got added yesterday. They already delivered on their mission to be Earth's most customer-centric company. I think they realized they can't continue with their old ways and are making a change to retain the top talent. Would you consider Amazon if yo
- Reputation of Amazon Consumer Engagement team? Looking at a role as a product manager there. Does anyone know the reputation of the team? I can't find much online.
- vote Which improvement at Amazon would 2x our reputation? (within tech) Not talking about public perception, but perception within tech. Which change would 2x our reputation within tech almost overnight? (choose the one that's most likely to) edit: PIP option means URA quota specifically. PIP itself isn't the issue. TC $515,000
- Reputation of AS role at Amazon Folks of Blind, Thinking of transitioning to Applied Scientist (AS) role (have worked on several ML projects as an engineer, now leading some to production and hopefully will have some scientific impact). I am faced with two options: (1) Transition from engineer into Applied Science and continue b
- Why mgmt leadership at Amazon carries negative reputation? Worked there for ~ 3 yrs, and I feel most mgrs (~ 99% of the time) are insecure and ego sensitive. But somehow amazon still beats Google in Cloud and retail business (shopping, smart devices, customer service, etc.) Any thoughts? FYI. I work at LinkedIn. YOE 7. SSE. TC 310K. Bay Area.
- vote Poll: Amazon in 2022 will improve its reputation as a tech employer Industry is already seeing this in the form of higher offers from Amazon across the board for tech roles. Money talks and work conditions are easier to swallow when people know they're making top of the market. Take firms like Citadel, Snap, etc that are known for bad wlb but still manage to attrac
- "Amazon's reputation has been more negative recently, what is Amazon trying to do to make their reputation better?" "We should be educating others, the public, press, politicians of how good Amazon actually is" - Sassy Jassy LMAOOOOOO
- Why do engineers join Amazon even after having such bad reputation? Amazon culture sounds terrible after reading posts and reviews on blind, still they managed to hire lots of software engineers. Amazon employees, please tell us why did you join Amazon in the first place? TC:400k #tech #amazon #pip
- Reputation of Salesforce Research and AWS AI? How are the reputations of Salesforce Research and AWS AI among the research and applied ML communities? Both are scientist roles on research teams with the expectation of applied contributions. AS initial offer is treefiddy, wondering if I should go through with the Salesforce loop... Yoe: phd+0
- Why didn't Intel has a bad reputation as Amazon? Intel also had a percentage to fire every year. I think the system is invented by Andy Groove From what my friends say, intel is not so bad. In fact it has a program call "great place to work"
- Does Amazon HR/recruiting care they have such a bad reputation? Amazon gets talked about by everyone on here like its a meatgrinder. Is amazon HR aware/care about this reputation? TC 170k
- Reputation of AWS special projects? See title. My thought is that it may have generally more crunch time but less on-call.
- Never understood Amazon's bad reputation for WLB (that's AWS) There are several things Amazon is bad at as an employer like politics, poor perks, stingy compensation philosophy. But I never understood Amazon's reputation for bad WLB. At least I can attest for the Retail side of Amazon. (AWS is a whole different culture and officially a different legal entity
- Is Amazon really as bad as its reputation? What's it like to work there?
- vote Why do folks join Amazon when they have such bad reputation to work for? TC:200k #faang #amazonaws
- Amazon BIE L5 VS Senior Data scientist at a reputable fintech Guys, Have an offer for amazon BIE L5 and Senior DS at a Fortune 500 fintech. Confused if I should go for Amazon BIE L5 role , given Amazon’s brand value and it’s in the buyer fraud area. While the Senior DS role is mostly marketing / product Analytics. Both of these areas interests me. Confused
- vote When you interview candidates from Amazon are you biased against them due to Amazon’s reputation? Sometimes when I interview I feel like the interviewers have seen all the Amazon bashing and have a bad view of Amazon candidates. They equate candidates with all the negative things. Explain any reason you have as an interviewer or if you have experienced the same as a candidate.
- Is the typical Amazon employee aware of their bad reputation in the industry? Are their recruiters aware too? Or are they insular and defensive about it?
- Are brands cheapening their reputation and value when they sell on places like Amazon and Walmart? Reading a lot of outdoors brands are not happy with Moosejaw’s acquisition by Walmart and their items being sold on Walmart. Agree or disagree that having items sold on places like Walmart and Amazon lowers the value and quality of a brand?
- Looking for TPM role (Currently Sr Program Manager, non-tech role, at Amazon. 8 Yrs SDE experience. MBA reputed univ) Almost 1 year of Sr Program Manager role in non-tech/operation at Amazon. 8 years of SDE experience. MBA from a reputed university. Want to move close to tech and hence thinking to switch to TPM role. Please ping me, if looking for TPM. I’m in Seattle. Would prefer not to relocate but may conside
- vote Disney vs Amazon Got two offers for a Sr Eng. Disney and AWS. I know AWS is trash, but the TC is pretty high. I know nothing about Disney though. Disney base (I don't know the details of TC yet): 155k Amazon TC: 310k How's Disney? WLB, etc. Edit: AWS isn't trash. It has a trash reputation. Edit: from a tech sta
- When Interviewing Amazon candidates , I automatically think they’re interviewing bc they’re on PIP. I know this is not always true but the Amazon pip culture gives a bad reputation, even to solid amazon candidates . The brand is tainted. This come across anyone’s mind when interviewing someone from Amazon? #tech Edit: of course people are put on pip for looking at managers wrong, I put that asid
- vote Is everyone having trouble hiring SDEs? I know Amazon is having serious hiring troubles, but Amazon has a terrible reputation, are other companies that have better reputations Also struggling to hire? Not a lot of people have Amazon as their dream, but a lot of people dream of working at Netflix or Google. Are the more prestigious comp
- vote Microsoft (L62) vs Amazon (L5) Have SWE offers from Microsoft (Azure Security division, L62, Redmond) and Amazon (AWS DynamoDB division, L5, Seattle). Both offers are roughly equivalent (~ 260k TC), I have already negotiated and these are the final numbers. Both AWS and Azure teams look decent from what I gathered, especially he
- vote Can Ex Amazon managers be trusted Due to reputation of s**** owner mentality and being used to having full power to PIP employees they do not like, I tend to profile against all ex Amazon managers. I’m in the process of transferring teams and some of the managers are ex Amazonian. Should I trust these people are able to move on fr
- vote Is Amazon suffering a severe shortage of good engineers now? Any good engineer who is good enough to get multiple offers, would likely not choose Amazon because of their abysmal reputation. Is this negatively affecting Amazon now?
- vote Is this the end of Amazon? So many posts on poor wlb, attrition, pip’s. Amazon’s reputation seems to be falling to new lower levels each day. Do you think this is the beginning of end for Amazon?
- Should Google be in FAANG? I have heard that Google ruthlessly downlevels you and also gives out lowball offers. I have also heard they do not engage in negotiations even if you have a counter offer. Is this true? Are they in FAANG mostly by perceived reputation? Blind Tax: Company: Amazon YOE: 11 (10 in Amazon) Level: L6 (S
- vote How chill really is G ? G has garnered a reputation for being a super laid back and chill place to work. Granted it may not be a sweatshop like FB/Amazon, but how much of its reputation is truly earned and how much of it is just the blind echo chamber regurgitation? Let’s find out #google #facebook #amazon
- vote Amazon vs DD ? Would you rather join Amazon or DD given TC is the same? L5 Amazon - 400K (Ads Org) E5 DD - 400K (New Verticals Org) 5 YOE Looking for stability since I’m on H1B - but I guess both the companies don’t have a good reputation for it. Which one would be a less regrettable choice? Update: Location:
- vote Is there a difference between putting down Amazon vs AWS on your resume? Do people reviewing resumes (recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers) actually value Amazon vs AWS differently? Or is the reputation of both considered the same anyway?
- vote Why did you join Amazon ? Given the usual reputation of Amazon (Pip culture, horrible WLB, extreme politics), I wonder why so many people join Amazon ? #amazon #tech
- Culture @Amazon Has the culture @amazon improved over the last few years? Or, perhaps, is it's reputation overblown? - Specifically Eng in Seattle
- Is Amazon really that bad? interviewed at AWS last week. all interviewers have been in Amazon for at least 7 years. they are sharp and smart, and feel happy on Amazon but in blind Amazon has bad reputation, why?
- link Even Shopify engineer that got piped from Shopify wouldn't recommend Amazon Amazon's reputation in the software industry is so bad that even software engineers at shopify that got let go because of health reasons would recommend Shopify over Amazon. https://imgur.com/a/6kcEY8f #amazon #shopify
- Best teams in Amazon (Software development)? I know Amazon has a bad reputation. But people on Blind keep saying that it is highly team dependent. What are the teams in Amazon #swe that have good or decent WLB?
- vote Bolt Employees: What do you think of the new leadership? There have already been a few posts about this but I’m a tad concerned as I will be joining Bolt soon. Obviously Amazon has their slave driving reputation and regardless of the individual, it’s a bit worrying to know an ex-Amazon Director/VP is the new CEO. I think it may be a good move for the com
- Director of consulting to Senior BIEngineer Hi all : I am a Director of Consulting in a reputed consulting firm and interviewing for a Senior BI engineer position at Amazon (more TC and FAANG ) Is this wise to switch? Please suggest! Thank you
- link Amazon has abandoned its scheme of paying workers to tweet about the company's virtues “Amazon has a long-standing reputation for having an allegedly toxic workplace in…” https://www.techspot.com/news/93152-amazon-has-abandoned-scheme-paying-workers-tweet-about.html
- vote Should I renege on Amazon for Google? I moved on to the team matching stage for google so can’t give a salary yet. I have accepted a role at Amazon for 170. I have 1 YOE. The team at Amazon is pretty cool IOT stuff that I am excited about. It’s close enough to my Amazon start date when I would receive an offer from google that I think I