How is Amazon even possibly running?

Aug 17, 2021 44 Comments

Nobody wants to work there. Everybody working there is trying to get another job offer. If you are actually working there and caring about your job, you will lose to those leaving for G and F, not to mention banana jokes.
How is this company even running? And working so well?

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  • EY
    hermoine32

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    hermoine32
    There are hundreds and consultants like me whose work situation is worse than amazon. Try working for a big4! It’s horrible
    Aug 17, 2021 4
    • How is Big 4 worse? All my friends in Big 4 enjoy working there. Most of my friends at Amazon hate working there.

      One of my Amazon friends was PIPed recently. Despite multiple requests to manager to delay PIP progress due to a pregnant wife (3rd trimester), my friend was let go. Poor guy had to exit the country along with his pregnant wife as he would have violated his H1B visa norms. I don’t think Big 4 culture is as ruthless as Amazon.
      Aug 17, 2021
    • EY
      hermoine32

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      hermoine32
      Big4 is worse in terms of WLB, there’s zero semblance of WLB. Before pandemic, I was made to travel with ta broken leg even though there was no specific need to travel. I have heard of cases where Deloitte fired women in their last trimester!
      Aug 18, 2021
  • Most companies pay less than what Amazon does. FAANG is a small subset of all employers. People are ready to sell their souls for money.
    Aug 17, 2021 1
  • Everybody working there? Or the 10% that are on blind?
    Aug 17, 2021 0
  • Cisco
    uslau

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    uslau
    Tbh the Blind posts on Amazon are probably the most negative things I've heard about it. I have a couple friends working in AWS and Echo and they're enjoying it
    Aug 17, 2021 1
    • Amazon
      puramet

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      puramet
      Yes they are enjoying it because they have built bonds with their management.

      L4 people are pipped at 15-20% and L5 people are pipped at 5-10%.

      PIP at Amazon is not performance driven. It's entirely political. And yes most teams have good wlb.

      The issue with PIP is that managers are required not to tell their employees they are underperforming because if they do then the dude changes team and it's important for the manager to save his LE till the final talent Review after which he will surprise his low performer with a pip
      Aug 17, 2021
  • Checks out
    Aug 17, 2021 0