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Re:Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team sign... by poutrathor on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:55AM (#22297531)
I see some. Top of my head :

Games development are limitless in scope and technical complexity and very passion driven. So, a developer could spend countless hours each night improving his game.

Next day, all the team has is a tired developer, drinking coffee and unable to code straight or analyse issues without missing subtleties.

Opening a wordpress for your mom and her gardening hobby is a significantly less time consuming task.

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Re:Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team sign... by cjrp on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @06:16AM (#22297615)
If they're trying to avoid people coming to work tired, presumably they also have a no-children policy for their staff?
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Re:Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team sign... by testvox on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:51AM (#22298038)
I'm sure they would if it wasn't against the law.
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Re:Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team sign... by tinalumfoil on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:52AM (#22298041)
That generally wouldn't be legal.
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Re:Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team sign... by manojlds on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:23AM (#22298674)
In the early days of Amazon, Bezos rejected bus passes for employees stating bus passes encourage people to leave work to a a timetable and he would prefer them to be at office and leave only when they can.
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