Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by colinmhayes on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:02PM
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This article is about warehouse workers, not developers.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by seebs on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:43PM
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It may be, but you may rest assured that when a recruiter asks me whether I'd like to work for Amazon, how they treat warehouse employees is going to be a factor in my answer. I've never been confident of the viability of "it's fine, they only hate other people" as a social strategy.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:59PM
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Not like Amazon exactly has a good reputation for treating tech workers well either.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by mywittyname on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:40PM
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Workers are workers to management. Regardless of whether you pick up keyboards or press them.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by tablespoon on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:57PM
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> Amazon has to be at the point of literally running out of nearby human beings to be concerned about retention.
It seems like they're more than willing to hire imports. I get more recruiter spam from them than anyone else, and I don't live anywhere near any of their major offices.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by MattGaiser on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:00PM
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This is true as well. I got an email offering me immigration support to move to Vancouver. I already live in Canada, have my entire life, and every job has also been in Canada.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by Izikiel43 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @06:24PM
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You are assuming recruiters can read
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by bluedino on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:45PM
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They have lots of remote jobs now as well.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by cwkoss on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:51PM
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I read a stat that 1 out of ~154 Americans currently works for amazon.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by cipheredStones on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:46PM
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American workers, not Americans overall - it's still astonishing, but they have a bit less than a million US employees rather than 330M/154 = 2.1M employees.
https://www.essence.com/news/amazon-burning-through-workers/