Why do people work at Amazon?

Intel
sINk05

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sINk05
Aug 29, 2021 59 Comments

Hearing a lot of negative comments on Blind about work life at Amazon. Curious to know what is the driving force other than money why people are still working at Amazon when they hate working there so much.

PS: Can people who still work at Amazon comment?

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  • Twitter
    3993kskdk

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    3993kskdk
    Because we can’t get into G, F and N
    Aug 29, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    CodeM0nk3y

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    CodeM0nk3y
    I’ve learned a lot while here. But I feel like I’ve done my time. And it’s been rough on my relationship / personal life too.

    And I’ve found only certain personalities thrive here, and it’s hard to change your personality. If you’re that teammate who helps others, willing to take risks and take on more complex work, instead of the work that looks good for promotion, and if you value your code quality more than deadlines - it’s tough to thrive here. I understand some tech debt is necessary but major bugs are often left in a backlog to rot and become a customer impacting nightmare for on calls.
    Aug 29, 2021 10
    • Amazon
      CodeM0nk3y

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      CodeM0nk3y
      No, reduction of tech debt and high ops focus is not valued here. Feature delivery is valued on the basis of the visibility of the feature rather than the impact / scope of work. An easy feature with high visibility will look better than a high impact feature with low visibility
      Aug 29, 2021
    • Moody's
      binarySear

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      binarySear
      Gotcha . But yeah you know better than anyone else on the team ,org dynamics .hope you find peace soon
      Aug 29, 2021
  • Amazon
    fonix

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    fonix
    People come to Blind to complain. It’s not that bad here. Each team is different like everywhere else.
    Aug 29, 2021 8
    • Amazon
      CodeM0nk3y

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      CodeM0nk3y
      Bad things happen at a higher rate here than other companies. There is a reason for the reputation.

      Amazon does not care about its employees. From devs to warehouse staff. Do you think they would put so much effort in busting unions if they gave a fuck? Clearly the company can afford to prosper even with unionized employees. However, in an almost sadistic way, amazon will risk it’s rep to destroy them
      Aug 29, 2021
    • Dematic
      Canadian🇨🇦

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      Canadian🇨🇦
      Well I haven’t heard such bad things about google that often. Where people feel helpless and are depressed. I’ve heard about pips and politics from Facebook along with bad wlb but I also heard good things about them. Amazon I’ve heard only bad things and when people say good things about it they always acknowledge the really horrible culture first and say they got lucky
      Aug 30, 2021
  • Money/looks good on resume. People don’t comprehend negativity until they deal with it themselves
    Aug 29, 2021 0
  • Bloomberg / Eng
    ddd-bbb

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    ddd-bbb
    TC or get PIPd
    Aug 29, 2021 0