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. Toxic = Lots of bad politics like backstabbing and sabotaging, let's kick him while he's down mentality. The NYT article did mention how Amazon encourages employees to badmouth colleagues to managers - that's an example of toxic environment. So which is it? Would love to hear from current and ex Amazonians.
Add more options: 3. Both 5. None
Intentionally did not want a both option...
How many years ago was that..
Stressful, absolutely. Toxic, not in my experience. It can be toxic if you let it get to you too much.
You are into mgmt ;) your opinion would be ignored mostly
Definitely stressful. The environment is designed to take as much as possible from you as soon as possible. You will also meet some toxic people from time to time.
Why is there no option for BOTH?
@123raj why you so much hate Amazon. Find other options :)
Both is the right answer
It depends on what level you are joining. This definitely stressful. However, if you are joining as SDE2 or SDE3 it's gets more toxic. Promo to SDE3 is hard because you are rated on 2 dimensions; your SDE skills and leadership skills. As leadership skills are quite subjective so you have to constantly lick your management ass.
Stressful for sure.
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That's true, but cultural factors do set the template or baseline for acceptable behavior and practices
When a company is that big, each org has a subculture. Most toxicity comes from bad directors and senior managers. Our higher leadership is not toxic, we have the best CEO and SVPs in the world. If you stay clear of the bad orgs, you'll be fine.