Planning to join Alexa data services team in India Looking for team's feedback regarding wlb, work quality, team culture. Haven't got the numbers yet. Current level 62 Tc ~40L Yoe 8
Most of the alexa teams in India are shit.
Which location ? What role and level ?
Hyderabad SDE L5
ADS specifically is pretty terrible (in the US). Alexa in general is a shitshow, so go find something in AWS or Retail.
Join if TC bump is good. Change teams internally if you don't like it
Absolutely terrible, there was a post here about the Alexa teams earlier this week. Apparently it's the worst team to be in, hasn't turned a profit since inception, and people drop like flies on Alexa teams. Not sure if this is representative of all Alexa Orgs though.
Can you link the post if you find it? Thanks!
Here ya go, this post from last week explains similar views. Also if you search Alexa on Blind, consensus has been similar. Not saying don't take the job, take it....but aim to transfer internally to better teams is what I'd do. [Blind] Check out this post! Is Amazon that bad? (Software Engineering) https://us.teamblind.com/s/00nnRwe3