<highly biased take coming> Citation(s) needed. They specifically work (publicly and privately) to undermine local taxes, enforce non-competes/NDAs, capital gains, income taxes, etc. Then they do small investments like…
You are correct. They ABSOLUTELY monitor customer spend usage, without using one iota of personally identifiable information.
Ever? What if they had a 10 year deprecation policy?
I think this is disingenuous. AWS keeps something running forever, that's true, but in what state? https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121711 (We were well aware of this thread, and others like it,…
And a huge ad business they support. Oh, they didn't tell you about that?
You get it.
You did not say roles were increasing at 50% per year as an example - that was your stated fact. I'm saying unless they had 10 employees in 2000 (wrong) or only started the 50% hiring last year (so we have no…
Microsoft, Google (Seattle), Century Link, Group On, Moz, Redfin, Porch, Chef, White Pages... to name a few. It's almost impossible to throw a dart at this list and not hit at least 5-10 -…
> Your comment on "retention" is factually incorrect. I disagree. > First the number of Amazon hires in "tech roles" increases by ~50% per year. i.e., in year 1 there are 1,000 SDEs hired, year 2 is 1,500, year 3 is…
We'll agree to disagree. Tension is good, when that's all it's used for. When it is specifically used to tear people down (either with a purpose, or just for vindictiveness), I think the original benefit is lost.
Absolutely, if you stayed, the numbers definitely add up to what you see here. However, because the attrition was so high, you were not likely to stick around to get a bonus to make up for it.
I'm a former Amazonian. Since you asked my opinion, I'll give it. It's a truly horrible place to work and I would never ask my worst enemy to go work there. Engenders the worst in humanity (people review, anyone?),…
<Former Amazon> I won't go on about the work quality at Amazon, there are plenty of other places to read about that. It _is_ important to note that the average retention at Amazon (even for excellent people) is ~50% for…
I have an etiquette question. We're allowed to put positive comments on jobs listed here, why are we not allowed to critique jobs on here?
Disclaimer: I am a former Amazon employee. I worked there for exactly a year. I assume I was doing well, I was offered increase bonus and base after my initial year. This response from Amazon continues to amaze me -…
<highly biased take coming> Citation(s) needed. They specifically work (publicly and privately) to undermine local taxes, enforce non-competes/NDAs, capital gains, income taxes, etc. Then they do small investments like…
You are correct. They ABSOLUTELY monitor customer spend usage, without using one iota of personally identifiable information.
Ever? What if they had a 10 year deprecation policy?
I think this is disingenuous. AWS keeps something running forever, that's true, but in what state? https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121711 (We were well aware of this thread, and others like it,…
And a huge ad business they support. Oh, they didn't tell you about that?
You get it.
You did not say roles were increasing at 50% per year as an example - that was your stated fact. I'm saying unless they had 10 employees in 2000 (wrong) or only started the 50% hiring last year (so we have no…
Microsoft, Google (Seattle), Century Link, Group On, Moz, Redfin, Porch, Chef, White Pages... to name a few. It's almost impossible to throw a dart at this list and not hit at least 5-10 -…
> Your comment on "retention" is factually incorrect. I disagree. > First the number of Amazon hires in "tech roles" increases by ~50% per year. i.e., in year 1 there are 1,000 SDEs hired, year 2 is 1,500, year 3 is…
We'll agree to disagree. Tension is good, when that's all it's used for. When it is specifically used to tear people down (either with a purpose, or just for vindictiveness), I think the original benefit is lost.
Absolutely, if you stayed, the numbers definitely add up to what you see here. However, because the attrition was so high, you were not likely to stick around to get a bonus to make up for it.
I'm a former Amazonian. Since you asked my opinion, I'll give it. It's a truly horrible place to work and I would never ask my worst enemy to go work there. Engenders the worst in humanity (people review, anyone?),…
<Former Amazon> I won't go on about the work quality at Amazon, there are plenty of other places to read about that. It _is_ important to note that the average retention at Amazon (even for excellent people) is ~50% for…
I have an etiquette question. We're allowed to put positive comments on jobs listed here, why are we not allowed to critique jobs on here?
Disclaimer: I am a former Amazon employee. I worked there for exactly a year. I assume I was doing well, I was offered increase bonus and base after my initial year. This response from Amazon continues to amaze me -…