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Jun 22, 2020 11 Comments

People who worked at Amazon in the past. Did changing companies make your life better or is it the same shit everywhere. Wlb and team culture is very bad. Was wondering if this is wverywhere in the software industry or just amazon. my whole org seems pretty bad

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  • I’ve been at three companies since Amazon and each one of them was significantly healthier than Amazon.

    My biggest issue now is constantly looking over my shoulder and being unable to relax and work like a normal person because of my Amazon PTSD.
    Jun 22, 2020 2
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    elUK30

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    elUK30
    Switched teams. First team was hell. Second team is very nice.
    Jun 22, 2020 0
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    lateGame

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    lateGame
    I know people who worked at Amazon like 4 years ago moved to different companies. They are really happy as far as WLB is concerned. Which org is yours? And which org is the best in Amazon to work for (relatively good)?
    Jun 22, 2020 3
  • Nauto / Eng
    turdchungu

    Nauto Eng

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    turdchungu
    Lol I feel bad for you. It's just bad luck. (New hire at Amazon).

    My org gets Fridays practically off (encouraged by boss and director to turn off computer by 2pm and chill out afterwards like read a book or watch a movie). All training and learning counts as work and can therefore push ticket deadlines forward (no pip so long as we justify whats learned). We're also encouraged to do tech hours to just learn and talk and get better in like AWS or security or something. Apparently that counts as work.

    Serious amounts of PTO used like almost every day like there's at least 10-25% of the org thats taking the day off. Even my manager within the month that I've worked has taken like a whole week offs worth. It's one of those just get things done mentality.

    Lol it really is hit or miss!
    Jun 23, 2020 2