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L4 Google -> 45 interviews, 5 offers, AMA
I work for Amazon as SDE. I see people in my team work ovetime. They login at 7:30 in morning work till 8PM, 10:30PM sometimes. They work on saturdays as full-time. (I know it by the pings, group messages and emails they send, comments on tickets). I dont see anything bad in it. Just wondering why dont they value personal time like going to Gym, watch some movies, doing stuff they like instead of working more? I absolutely have no issues with them working overtime. But I keep listening them saying : They are pushing me hard to complete this project within 2 weeks, I keep burning myself, Sometimes I have to deal with anxiety, I am getting fat due to sitting long hours, They are pulling me into alot of meetings and I have no time for work. I have to work on drafting weekly announcements. I absolutley restrict myself working 9AM - 5PM untill and unless in some rare cases. Is this something common with others aswell? Well my manager always says dont stay late, dont start early, dont work on weekends, never take too many projects on your plate, have work life balance, go to gym, watch movies and he loves football (soccer) and encourages us to watch it. But I have seen guys thrown into focus by my manager (who perfromed very well) when they said they are bit disturbed by family or they are getting burned by delivering more projects during their 1 on 1. My manager do work late nights, weekends on writing docs, planning new projects. I know he has this attitude of trying to please everyone. He talks as if he is on dev side but ends up pleasing management more and gives sugar coating excuses to us. Is this something normal within your team? Bilnd tax TC - 135k base + 45k bonus, 4 yoe exp (1.5 AT&T 2.5 amazon) #amazon #aws #tech #sde
No life.
Because they don’t know when to say no
Tldr the OP, just title... I work more than 9-5 because I want to learn and get familiar with all the issues and problems in our system. I don't have a family and I enjoy problem solving... This has helped me in other companies when folks have no clue what is happening but I'm familiar with the codebase It's opened a lot of doors Update: a lot of you reading this need to maybe ask for a hug. Such bullies.. I'm sorry you're insecure that you project onto me.
Nerd.
@nestedfor love you boo ❤️
Amazon managers are famous for backstabbing.. don’t believe them
Yeah, but the chances of getting piped after working 8 hours or 16 hours a day is kinda the same…
They’re ass licking yes mens
Well TikTok target bonus starts at 25% and I have gotten between 37.5%-65% in the past 4 years depending on how much overtime I put in.
Didn’t know TikTok had overtime bonus. That’s really awesome might respond to one of that TikTok recruiter now
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Maybe they want to grow fast in early stage of life? Only some of them I would say
Raising the bar is hard, but keeping it consistent and setting an expectation and living upto it is even harder. Dosent that keep you in trouble if you under deliver it for just once?
Tbh if you want to grow fast Amazon is one of the least optimal places to do that. So much politics involved and artificial barriers that intentionally slow you down
People work more than 9-5 because we aren’t a blue collar worker (and they do overtime almost universally) and you’re not a subway sandwich artist. You’re a high end professional compensated and promoted by your project output. As anyone knows, projects are hard to ship. It requires ownership, effort, grinding, overcoming blockers. Tldr, it’s hard af. At meta there is a subset of clowns that want a 4 day work week, citing a bunch of commie academia. Working 64 hrs a week is not just 2x more productive, it’s probably more like 4x more productive. In the evenings and weekends there are no distractions. Further, since you’re not expected to work, you’re free to follow your interests. Read a bunch of docs for an unrelated project, try some ideas that aren’t on your roadmaps. For me these periods are when I have the most impact. “Oh but you could be at the gym or watching a movie”. That stuff is lame af. I work 64hrs, get my exercise outside of a gym, the rest of my waking hours spend time looking after my kids and spending time with family. I don’t watch Netflix, I don’t play video games, I don’t go on reddit endlessly or collect sneakers or other complete wastes of time. On vacations I turbo read quality literature to catch up.
Based. Love and respect.
You sound awful 🤢 I get most of my fulfillment in life outside of work. Tech "projects" are usually stupid shit that the world doesn't need, being pushed through because a VP wants a bonus and a promotion, adding no value for customers. Try to focus less on work and I promise you'll find better fulfillment elsewhere
Crazy people. Thinking like slaves instead of owners.
People wondering about citibank, well I activated blind while working in citibank as intern
Lmao same