Lost friends for referring them to amazon
Jun 2, 2021
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I referred a couple college friends who I think are good mid level engineers to amazon. They all left within or after a year. One friend left the role in three months and decided to get a new born as a stay home dad.
I also noticed that they don't reach out to me any more. I don't feel like asking whether they are let go or not. So it's like we suddenly become strangers.
Our team is expanding, and manager is asking me to refer friends again. (We pip two team members last year.) What should I do this time?
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Why won’t one want his/her friends to join Amazon??
Is the work culture that bad?
Most likely due to the sheer number of blind users who are employed at Amzn
But, I will also tell them the thing I've learned, the impact your code can have, the scale of the system you will be working on.
Let them decide.
Edit: typo
Just use Amazon as a warm up interview and competing offer.