I was recently approached by a recruiter for Lab126. What is life like at Lab126? Is it similar to startups with 60+ hour work weeks in a mad rush to deliver a MVP or die? How does it compare to working elsewhere at Amazon?
40-50 hour weeks, some WFH. Before product launch, hours can be rougher. A lot depends on manager, as always.
Are oncalls bad? How is the tech stack? Do you work at Lab126?
I work at Lab126, Sunnyvale. Oncall stress depends on time of year and team. Mine isn’t too bad, a couple sev 2s in the last year. Tech stack will also depend on team, but I don’t love the number of OSes we’re currently juggling. There is an effort to merge them, but it’s slow and won’t solve most of the issues. What team are you looking at?
Could be start up culture, but will not be start up wages or risks 😉