Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office, layoffs

Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by Madmallard on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:53PM (#36039617)

5 years at senior level means 8 plus years in industry and you actually have to be promoted to seniority and it has to be at a company that actually pays well. It is far beyond reasonable considering the value that developers provide.

So yeah, I think you're completely wrong.

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by sv123 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:17AM (#36039763)

If all Amazon engineers made a salary in their first year which enabled them to afford a Seattle home purchase, then home prices would rise even higher... Until you need to work for 8 years to afford one again.

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by theK on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:17AM (#36039767)

Funny how senior came to be "has worked three years". Isn't it?

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by Madmallard on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:43AM (#36040747)

I also said "and you actually have to be promoted to [it]"

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by theK on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:57AM (#36043050)

Apologies, this wasn't a jab directly at what you wrote. More of a general observation that there is a false understanding somewhere in this industry, that somebody who worked 3 years, realistically qualifies as a "Senior" Dev.

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by aksss on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:20AM (#36039784)

I have to laugh at all of you expecting to buy a house right out of school. Where you got that sense of entitlement I shall never know.

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