i had a recruiter reach out to me about a “Principle Technical Program Manager” role at Amazon Prime Video in Santa Monica. I’m hesitant to explore it given the poor reputation Amazon has when it comes to work life balance. Are the rumors true or is just a meme at this point? Also, what kind of TC should I expect in a role like that? TC: 225k YOE: 15
If you made money in the gaming industry, I think you'll do just fine.
No. I love working at Amazon and the culture. If you don’t have a backbone and are thin-skinned, it’s probably not the best place to work. If you like a fast paced environment and like to know where you stand, then it’s amazing.
Is rito as bad as I hear
In my experience it’s not at all but I’ve only been there for a couple of years so I missed all the crap that’s been in the news over the last year. I’m excited about all the new games we are working on and hope to release next year. There are a lot of nice perks and work life balance is pretty good. Although I believe there is genuine fear that work life balance may be impacted as we get closer to shipping.
No, it's not. I work 10-6 for the most part, not a minute more. WLB is how you decide to enforce it.
YMMV, I've worked reasonable hours here but I've also worked 12-14 hour days and weekends. Amazon is a huge company. Depends on your team.
Depends on your team/org. I work just 10-5. Team happy hour at least every week. Remember that Amazon employs over 750,000 people worldwide.
What team are you in??
Join for short term than leave for higher TC
I heard it is very dependent on team. Also, I heard it is not as bad for senior/staff/principal level devs as it might be for SDE 1/2
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