Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out office workers

Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by asdfman123 on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:50PM (#27584273)

I failed Amazon like three times in a row (along with other smaller companies). This last year I expanded my search and got into Facebook and Google, despite failing Amazon again.

Plus there are lots of smaller companies that are as prestigious within the valley as Amazon. I mean, if you had to hire someone, would you really consider ex-Amazon superior to Uber, Snapchat, Microsoft, some random startup, etc.?

If I were hiring someone I might actually discriminate against Amazon because I'd be afraid of absorbing some of their culture.

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by astrange on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:25PM (#27587613)

Amazon's culture is nothing compared to the stories I've heard about Microsoft's Mac software teams. I can't repeat them all but supposedly they weren't allowed to read any sample code including Stack Overflow questions.

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by sgerenser on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:21PM (#27599175)

I find that really hard to believe. What would be the motivation behind that policy, and how would it be enforced?

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by decafninja on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:01AM (#27591709)

I'd rank Uber, Snapchat, Microsoft, etc. at least on par with Amazon in terms of resume brand name recognition/prestige. They're also probably at least as difficult to get into.

But "random startups" that no one knows about? Probably preferable to have Amazon.

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