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Amazon Stress
- Amazon pip and stress It has been 3 months since I joined Amazon as a data scientist and I'm getting indicators that my manager might put me on pip. I think it is the mix of wrong team, project fit and possibly the worst manager I've ever worked with. The thought of a pip is making me stressed out, anxious and I've neve
- How stressful is Amazon As a warehouse worker. I've been thinking it's the perfect job. There's no oncall; once you clock out, you're completely free responsibility and mentally wise. You get your daily amount of exercise in. There's no thinking at all, you can just turn off your brain and go in your happy place. I could d
- stressed out at amazon i have been so stressed out at amazon. i hate the toxic culture and my team. i am unable to switch teams and literally hate my life. what should i do?
- Stressed about AMZN interview Hi All, I am stressing over this upcoming Amzn interview because I don't have any exciting stories to tell for this LP part. I have 6yrs experience and never kept records of what happened day to day in my past so I have nothing to say except oh I fixed some bugs and wrote software per the spec. An
- Amazon and stress I'm always anxious, nervous and recently getting doubts if my manager is collecting data to manage me out. It's only been 4 months since I started. I feel like it is a place for experienced people who are aware of processes and expectations. For a person like me, straight out of school, doesn't see
- Amazon raising my stress levels Here’s the deal, I am working cross functional and other team refuses to help me. I know codebase and process of my team, how can they expect me to understand their codebase and make a change there? Each time I still do it & they have an issue like this is hacky way but doesn’t share the way they w
- vote Is Amazon culture stressful or toxic? Been re-reading the NYT article on Amazon culture, since I like to freak myself out. One thing I can't figure out is AMZN culture more stressful or more toxic? Stressful = Demanding/challenging job, requires more than 40hrs/week, high standards and quality, moves very quickly, poor WLB, etc. Toxi
- Stress and fear 24/7 at amazon Always scared and worried around the clock of getting a pip plan, a LE rating, deadlines pushed earlier I couldn't meet. It was a constant state of stress I couldn't even sleep properly anymore. Late night pings and coworkers working round the clock meant everyone needed to do the same or fall "behi
- vote Which is more stressful: Amazon or Facebook Heard they can both be stressful, both have heavy PIP culture, move up or out, etc. Which is more stressful?
- vote Level of Stress: Amazon vs. Facebook Two notorious employers known for bad WLB. Who’s worse?
- Amazon L6 SDMs - How’s your stress level? Trying to get perspective on what’s it’s like to be A SDM at amazon ? I know it depends on team .. but ... What are your day to day challenges ? Heard most of the time your cracking the whip on ICs completing stories. What’s your average 1 out of 10 stress level like? What do you hate / love abou
- Should I interview at Amazon? Is it too stressful? I've had couple Amazon recruiters reach out on LinkedIn asking to apply. But I hear working at Amazon is kindaa stressful and 10% low perfomers get asked to leave. Is this accurate? Also expecting an offer from Splunk. I kindaa like Splunk pay/culture compared to Amazon. Thoughts? WWYD? Location:
- Work Stress on avg McK vs Facebook vs Amazon Which company’s work culture is on avg the most stress inducing? McK vs FB vs Amazon
- Anxious and Stressed about Amazon Onsite SDE1 in Vancouver i have an Amazon Interview in 5 days. i am stressing out because i haven’t had a lot of time to prepare for it becuase of full time job. Plus its hard to keep up the pace when you are working. I won’t ask what to prepare because i know that for sure but i wanted to know what should i focus upon in l
- vote If you’ve worked at Amazon, how stressed were/are you while working there? I just recently got rejected by them so I want to know where I stand haha #amazon
- Is working at Amazon more stressful than Investment banker? i heard many people complain about Amazon here. But I heard investment banker works 16 hours per day and if they don’t promote by 2 years, they will out.
- Amazon (or any other stressful environment) is not worth it. See so many stories on blind about people living their life in fear. Unable to sleep due to anxiety. Unable to make any purchases due to fear of being piped. Etc. Let me tell you something right now. You only have one life. Are you really going to use it stressing everyday about some crap from yo
- Severe anxiety and constant stress in this new job after joining Amazon I have joined here recently and there is a constant pressure to perform. I don't think i am made for this. I wake up randomly at night and the only thought in my mind is work. I wake up in morning thinking about work. After waking up at 7 till 10.30 stand up, i am in state of constant panic and have
- Is it really any less stressful when you switch out of Amazon? Looking for stories/experiences, I've only worked at Amazon. TC: 210K
- L7 AWS Offer. Good or bad? Worth the added stress? Offer Base 155 Stock 48 units 4 year ramped vest. Cash 92k over 2 years. Variable 100k ote Midwest based TC 316k Current Base 150k 144k stock left to vest Variable 90k ote TC 283.5k
- I am done Amazon; I got Anal Hemorrhoids because of the stress caused by overwork and Stack ranking BS To top it off, my shitty insurance doesn't cover the cost of hemorrhoidectomy. FML Also: if anyone knows a good doctor for performing this surgery please PM me Thanks Okay getting a shit ton of replies from Apple and Yahoo folks (I dunno what the bias is here) guys I need the doc to be in Seattle
- vote We should have a stress test "One day without xxx", say fb, iphone, google, office 365, zoom, aws, etc Title tells it all. With FB down, do you believe your productivity improves, or no change at all? #tech #worklifebalance #plugoff
- Why is Meta’s PSC stressing its employees out? Can someone explain to me why PSC puts so high stress on my Meta fellas? Almost all my meta friends told me PSC stresses them out. It almost feels like PIP to amazon people haha. #Meta
- Pls help Amazon is killing me. I’m an intern an Amazon and I’m so stressed. It’s so hard trying to learn how to use the tools at Amazon while barely getting any support from my team. Does anyone have any experience working with Quicksight APIs?? And could help guide me in using them? Pls help, I’m so stressed out with this projec
- Beware of fake Amazon TC posts Amazon is finding it really and I mean really hard to find good people. Directors are pushing for mandatory PIP quotas inspite of teams being under huge attrition. Recruiters are stressed and forcing SDEs to conduct interview loops, asking them to be in all day interviews, ccing VPs if one decline
- Shamelessness of Google Due to stress of working at Amazon I saw a psychiatrist on the 31st of March. She later sent me an email to my gmail with the list of things I can do to reduce stress. Today YouTube is only showing me ads of prescription medication which I can use to treat depression. Ad tech companies are truest
- Don’t join AWS!!!!!!! I joined aws 1.5 years back. All the stories you hear are all true. I thought it would be different for me, no it isn’t. Very bad wlb, sickness, stress what not. Keep working at that small company, there are other companies with good wlb, don’t come here. Dont be the human who says we’ll see for ou
- Stay for Amazon L7 , jump to Meta E6 or Microsoft L66 I’m on the promo path to L7 at Amazon , and have an inkling that I’ll get offers for e6 Facebook and 66 Microsoft . I’m interested in large scope and impact projects and potentially becoming a manager at some point . What would blind advice ? Amazon tc : 680k Other tc : don’t know yet Pros: Amazon
- Stay at Google or join Amazon This year I made $230k total at Google. Amazon is offering $420k total. Is the added stress worth the pay increase?
- Ex Amazon stop harassing your colleagues with your bullshits I am not a negative person. Last 4-5 years I have seen people joining us from amazon and they act like mentally retarded, aggressive people. They don’t like amazon culture but they want amazon culture everywhere. They are sadist. It’s like someone got divorce and and still talk about ex wife with ne
- Feeling uncomfortable at Amazon 😥 I recently joined Amazon a month ago, And I am feeling something is not right. I am not having fun. No one has time to talk. It's not stressful but feels like crap. TC:210 #tech #amazon
- vote Is Amazon reallllllly that BAD ??? I have a friend who is a TPM at Amazon. He works 16 hours on weekdays and atleast 5 hours on weekends … He is always worked up and stressed #wlb #stress #amazon #leadershipprinciples #bestemployer
- vote Coinbase India review Sde2/IC4 Read a lot of reviews on blind citing it has too many Amazon execs. And hence very Amazon kind of pip stressful culture. I have received an offer from coinbase. Is it worth joining? How are the project quality in coinbase India? How much of on call? Overall Growth perspectives and promotion chances
- Amazon vs Microsoft or ? I am in a team which has a great culture, relatively laid back but I am not enjoying the job anymore. Have an offer from Amazon and also offer from another team in Microsoft. I have on-site interviews ahead with many companies ( twitter, LinkedIn, Etsy, Wayfair, Facebook, google, some EVs, some stag
- Amazon Dublin Offer for Systems development engineer Got an offer from AWS Dublin office for L5 Systems development engineer. Is this decent offer to change ? Currently working for a startup: 103K EUR with no bonus and no stocks. No work pressure. One week international corp resort gathering yearly. No too bad work culture. Fully remote. Amazon o
- vote Meta or stay at amazon L6 sdm, TC 500K Meta M1 525K YOE 13 Happy with amazon team but getting bored. Ura is also a stress. Should I move to meta?
- Cold shower now popular in tech? I started cold showers 3 months ago to battle stress from work. Despite every shower was a bloody torture, after a few weeks I started feeling pretty good. I wasn’t as stressed out during sev2s and was able to focus better and slept for 6 hours straight in a long whil. Even if its just placebo effec
- On Call is a trash practice that should be illegal not to provide compensation for. My team at amazon is generally really chill. Im in canada so that may explain it. But on call fucks everything up. Why the absolute fuck am i required to stay home or close to laptop for a whole motherfucking week? And then go back to working as usual next week like a fucking idiot. The whole weeke
- Feel bad for people working in Amazon I feel bad for people working in Amazon. They have so much work stress and have to live in shithole Seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/stressed-out-in-seattle-were-the-most-anxious-major-metro-in-the-u-s-new-census-data-shows/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_s
- Does 🍎have toxic work culture ? Does Apple have toxic work culture and bad WLB ? I know there are teams in all companies where there is lot of stress but I wanted to discuss in general. For example how does it compare to Amazon or Google. How are refreshers and is there PIP culture ? Please share your experiences and opinions. I
- Have my first phone interview after years of no interviewing SDE 2 at Amazon. Have not interviewed at all since 2 years. 5 YOE. Have hardly given any interviews in the last 5 years. Got into Amazon through internship. Have my first phone interview this week with a startup. Really stressed. What if I am absolutely not able to answer? What if I'm asked graph/t
- Amazon offer - take bad WLB for huge TC? Currently making peanuts ~ 250k. But I love my team and decent wlb (40hrs although high stress). Got amazon l6 for ~450k. At least 50k higher than my other offers. But I’m guessing wlb will be much worse. Is it worth it? Other offers Stripe ~400k Twitter ~380k Doordash ~370k
- To Amazon folks What motivates you to work at Amazon? - stress, - pip culture - amzn is not growing - new hire L5s getting paid more than L6. I don’t understand except visa issues, what else motivates you to work hard? TC: 250 Yoe: 10 #amazon
- Thankful to Amazon Thanks to Amazon, I will soon be on pip. I wanted to switch before h1b lottery can happen, but that isn't going well. I will lose lottery even if my name gets picked up. Tonight, at 3am, I was driving around to get my anxiety and stress meds. My life feels so shitty right now that I didn't even had
- Blind has become Amazon sad story posting board. Lost its charm. Every second post is either Amazon PIP or stress and shit WLB at Amazon. Reading the posts just makes me sad as all we can do is empathize, but really it just leads to more stress even though I feel fortunate enough that I am not working at Amazon. I am in no way trying to belittle any sad Amazoni
- Amazon vs Google Folks, how stressful is work at Google? It’s been a dream for me to work there but after Amazon I changed my view in work. Amazon was so much f.... stress, it’s unbelievable. I don’t want to get burned up again - do Googlers have less stress than amazon? It’s not just hours, it’s the attitude of co
- vote Would you go back to Amazon? I’m ex-amazon and left for a variety of reasons including stress, bad manager, pip culture, low pay. The pay was a major reason, but pay alone wouldn’t have made me leave. Looking at the revamped pay, would you guys go back to amzn ? I get approached by recruiters twice a day and the pay becomes so
- PATSD I am suffering from Post Amazon Traumatic Stress Disorder after leaving Amazon. Any ideas how to recover ?
- Amazon technical phone interview I did an Amazon phone technical interview 2 days ago and I think I did good but I didn’t hear back yet, I’m stressing about it, anyone knows how long it takes? TC 130k
- How is work stress at $500K TC? I am SDE3 at Amazon with 330K TC. Considering switching company but worried about work stress coming with higher TC. I have been Sde3 for 2 years and work 40 - 45 hrs per week. Work is somewhat manageable as I have been with same team for 4 years. All the people getting high TC ($500K or more), doe