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- Amazon ops work I saw a comment on Blind jokingly stating SWEs at Amazon are basically SREs because of all the ops work they have to do. I’m starting at Amazon soon and was curious what that meant. I have mostly FE experience but am joining a BE team. What dev ops skills would be good for me to learn before I sta
- 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
- Amazon the best place to work This year’s 50 #LinkedInTopCompanies in the U.S. Amazon ranked #1. Have things turned around?
- Ghosted because currently working at Amazon? tl;dr: I applied to 9 companies and got 7 offers. Microsoft and Meta ghosted me. After 4 years as SDE at Amazon I decided to look for opportunities. My manager and the team are amazing, the projects we have are OK but after getting my last big stock vesting couple weeks ago my TC for 2022 is going
- Amazon/AWS work culture Read this today on LinkedIn. How much realistic is this?
- Google now has aggressive pip like Amazon. It's no longer a top place to work. Only thing Google had over other companies was lack of pip and great wlb. That's all going away due to the new pip policy. So why wouldn't people pick higher tc options like Amazon now if the pip risk is the same? TC: ~250k
- Amazon sdm wlb How is wlb for a Amazon SDM? I have a offer, but wife is worried that I will not be able to spend any time with family. I am ok not growing to a L7. #wlb #amazon #sdmamazon Current TC: 470k New TC : around 600k, still negotiating
- vote Amazon Hyderabad working hours Only Amazon Hyderabad please. In wfh, how many hours do u work per week?
- Amazon Security teams wlb? Q: As the title says. I constantly hear how bad the wlb at Amazon is and I'm guessing those are for the SDE positions. Just curious to know, in case it is the same for Security teams as well. #workplace #amazon #security
- Amazon WLB during oncall Hi, had a great Amazon interview and hoping to get an offer. The interviewer was really open to talking about WLB and other stuff but I missed this particular question. The team I interviewed for keeps their working hour between 10 AM to 4 PM but some of the employees join+leave earlier and some jo
- Amazon wlb I recently got an offer from Amazon as sde 2. While I was going through blind threads, I found a lot of complaints about Amazon wlb. I would like to ask sde at Amazon regarding their experience at Amazon. Also what is all about 🍌? Offered TC : 230k
- Amazon Edinburgh Work life Balance I received an offer from Amazon Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) for Prime Video team. Can someone share what should be the salary range or expected total compensation ( I have 1.7 yrs of Exp). I would also be happy to know about the work culture and Edinburgh as a city in general.
- vote Amazon vs meta wlb Just curious how bad wlb is on either. Hear bad things about both but not sure if meta is seasonal
- Amazon A9 work culture How is the work and office life at A9, in the Palo Alto office? What work do interns there generally get? Does it have a startup culture or is it similar to Amazon? Does it have a similar frugal nature as Amazon? Is the pay scale different from Amazon? Do you have a cafeteria for (paid) lunches? G
- Amazon WLB I see a lot of folks complaining about amazon WLB, employees getting PIP’d. Is this specific to certain divisions in AWS or same across org? I have read that AWS is really bad but what about other orgs in amazon. I joined amazon 4 months back and it worries me. I am in the transportation side. #ama
- Work Culture at Amazon Robotics How’s the general work culture at Amazon Robotics? Is pip culture very prevalent there? Considering taking up the offer. Please share your experience working in the Robotics teams. #swe #software #engineering #amazon #amazonrobotics Yoe 1 Tc 125$
- Working at Amazon People who worked at Amazon in the past. Did changing companies make your life better or is it the same shit everywhere. Wlb and team culture is very bad. Was wondering if this is wverywhere in the software industry or just amazon. my whole org seems pretty bad
- Amazon WFH How realistic should be to negotiate a more flexible WFH policy if you have an offer from Amazon? Their current policy is three days in the office each week, but according to them they can make exceptions.
- Amazon Toronto - WLB, work culture? Interviewing for SDE2 in a week for the advertising team in Toronto. Is the culture the same as it is in the US locations in terms of PIPs, URA, OLR and any other despised acronyms? Also want to know about the WLB. This is the first time I’m interviewing at a FAANG company. I’m quite happy at my cu
- Amazon Remote Work Policy Does Amazon US immigration policy allows employees on work visa to work from outside of US? #amazon
- Amazon WFH What’s the latest guidance on return to office? Is there any update in response to the recent Delta surge?
- vote Amazon vs Apple wlb Who has the worst wlb between these two companies?
- Amazon work life balance I’m a College junior in CS and I would like to work for a FAANG, obviously everyone will say it’s for the money, but personally I want to learn how tools are built and designed in big companies that impact humans globally, and that’s what the FAANGS do. Because at the end of the day, engineers solve
- What is WLB look like for managers in Amazon What is the wlb for managers in Amazon? I read terrible stories about developers but how about managers. Are they also put in pip often?
- Amazon work hours Amazonians, What is your typical work hours? When do you show up in office and when do you leave? TC 295K
- vote Work culture ranking - meta, amazon, stripe, doordash Currently considering offers. Money for new offers is in the same ballpark, I will post offers once finalized. Curious about work culture. Is it amazon << stripe < Doordash < meta? Poll for worst work culture.
- Amazon London wlb Hi All, I wanted to check if you know how’s the work life balance of Amazon London office in Advertising departments like Amazon A9, DSP, Amazon publisher services, etc for non-coding positions like technical account manager or solutions architect. TC: 80K YoE: 8 years #amazon
- amazon wfh understanding that amazon does not have the same benefits as uber, google, facebook that the blind community usually talks about (ex. bananas) - what do you think their WFH policy will be post covid? im currently interviewing for a role that would require relocation & genuinely curious. please hel
- Amazon WFH Amazon extended WFH till January 8th, 2021.
- Working at amazon Alexa AI Alexa AI team looks like very new team, will there be any pip for the new team ?
- Working enviroment in Amazon, how does it look like? Hello Amazonians, I am currently considaring accepting a job offer in Finance in Seattle, however i have a concern on the working enviroment and culture there, it is not clear to me how does it look like I see in glassdoor too many contradicting feedbacks between the worst and the best, also some o
- vote Working at amazon is luck Some guy is like he works until 8-10pm yet still gets rated LE and PIPed. Wtf? I do little work and rated TT. Looks to be all luck. Are you willing to gamble on Amazon? Do you feel some of these experiences where hard workers on PIP are lies? I find it hard to believe.
- Anyone working at Amazon New World? I am interested in game dev so looking at New World team. Can someone share what you know about the team?
- vote Would you accept a down-level to work at Amazon? From senior software engineer to SDE1 at Amazon. Would be ~20-30k TC increase. Also possible to reinterview for SDE2 in 6 months. TC: 160k Possible new TC as SDE 1 at Amazon: 190k #engineering #software #swe
- Tell me you work for Amazon without telling me you work for Amazon I'll start. My company has an i-got-pipped channel in all official Slack workspaces with hundreds of members. Topics discussed include people complaining about being put into Focus for one year at a time.
- vote Is Amazon a good company to work for? If you get a 25% increase in Tc would you jump there Tc 475
- Amazon WLB How bad is the WLB at Amazon? I am currently the CTO for a 100MM in revenue , 450 people company used to working some weekends here and there and about 45/50 hours a week. Always connected. I know the drill. I may be joining as a Sr SDM. I have a 3 yo and a second on the way. My wife works as well.
- Amazon work from home Are there teams in Amazon (San Francisco/Sunnyvale) that allow WFH 3 days from home? I am trying to make a decision on an offer that allows WFH for a year and then asking me to move. I was wondering what my options would be if I am not able to move after that. Do you all WFH while working for Amazo
- The myth that Amazon has bad WLB This fake news still going strong I see… Hasn’t been my experience at all. I worked much harder at my past company compared to my team at Amazon and got paid 1/2. Clearly if Amazon does have teams that have bad WLB and this all isn’t made up whining from PIPers then the entire thing is team depende
- Amazon SCOT work culture Is it as bad as the rest of Amazon in terms of PIP culture, WLB, etc. A recruiter just reached out to me and I'm considering going through with the interview. I'm on H1B if that helps( my current employer just started my GC application)#engineering #software
- Amazon SDE work environment Is it true that the work life balance is not good at Amazon for SDE? Folks in the pst said it was very stressful and a developer ends up working longer than 8 hours. Is it still the same or things changed?
- Amazon work simulation test Just applied for amazon SDE and got an online assesment that involves a work simulation on a Amazon eviroment (120 minutes) and a coding test (90 minutes), I know the coding test is something like leetcode but what is the work simulation part and how do I prepare?
- Regarding remote work at Amazon I recently got in Amazon Vancouver but the visa process is taking a lot of time and hence I have requested if I can start working from home till the point the visa process finishes. Has anybody done that before? Is it possible? The team I will be joining in Canada does not have its subsidiary in Ind
- Amazon wfh Is it real? All are eligible?
- Amazon Alexa Work culture Can anyone elaborate on current Amazon Alexa Work culture? I am concerned of the lack of WLB. Please help as I have a pending offer. Thanks
- Amazon Drops ‘Draconian’ Policy on Making Games After Work Hours Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-12/amazon-drops-company-policies-on-game-development-after-backlash Hoping to see every game developer do this. I remember Bethesda Game studios had a terrible clause that they outright own your work. 266k TC
- Why work at AMZN? Why take it anymore when there's no stock growth? #amazon #peanuts
- Why no wfh item reimbursement for Amazon Many tech companies are providing manager approval-free reimbursements or a fixed cash option for employees but not a penny from Amazon!!! It’s internal site says “we support reimbursement but with manager approval”.... Why is this company always doing the least possible for its employees? Pre, post
- WLB Amazon? Looking to het latest updates on WLB at amazon. Is it still the corporate demon we were warned about few years back? Is it worth joining if you value WLB to some extent? YOE 3.5 TC 170K
- link Amazon doesn’t reward hard work Check out this post! "Amazon is great! You are incompetent (Tech Industry)" https://us.teamblind.com/s/4mPr7t6Q The guy above has 0.5YOE and 225k TC. I have over 6 yoe and 220k TC in 2021. I’m easily a top performer on my team if not the very best dev there. Fuck you Amazon. This is what workin