I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:50PM (#29814730)

From what I hear, Amazon is incredibly uneven in org quality, so it is really possible your friend got unlucky. My wife works at Amazon and seems to have a pretty good balance and has good things to say about her work environment, but she is not a SWE (rather a designer). Still, I don't think I would ever work there without a lot of careful research about the group I was going into.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by taurath on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:03PM (#29814900)

This is what they always say but they never say which orgs are good or bad. When you’re a candidate you are rolling the dice

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by CrazyStat on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:10PM (#29814979)

Perhaps every other org is a good one.

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"I'm sure I'll take you with pleasure!" the Queen said. "Two pence a week, and jam every other day."

Alice couldn't help laughing, as she said, "I don't want you to hire me – and I don't care for jam."

"It's very good jam," said the Queen.

"Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate."

"You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."

"It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected.

"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know."

"I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing!"

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by xtracto on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:19PM (#29815076)

This is perfect :) . I am as illiterate as one can be, but loved this reference.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by hotpotamus on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:43PM (#29815413)

It's even cleverer than that - it's also a reference on latin conjugations builtin to the Queen's joke. Carroll was a smart cookie.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by Xeronate on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:42PM (#29816190)

You can just search Blind to figure out which orgs are good or bad. I work at Music and it's great.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:27PM (#29815997)

> When you’re a candidate you are rolling the dice

Ya, and the recruiters always try to get you into what sound like would be the worst orgs (I would guess positions in good orgs are "known" about outside of what the recruiters are trying to fill).

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by Schiendelman on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:50PM (#29816279)

It’s wild. I did more than 4 years across three teams, left, boomeranged, and quit after three months.

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