I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans

Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:17AM (#38475306)

Meh. Going to a FAANG is like joining an Olympic sports team; it's not a place you'd want to be if you aren't hell bent on going for the gold. The irony is that the pressure cooker works; an unhealthy degree of ambition, competitiveness, and willingness to work their tails off are all assets in the business world. I know a, at least to me, surprising number of people who successfully navigated these environments who later became founders/CEOs and high level executives.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by electrondood on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:45AM (#38475688)

> Going to a FAANG is like joining an Olympic sports team; it's not a place you'd want to be if you aren't hell bent on going for the gold.

Not according to everyone I know working at a FAANG company. This is mythology. You're at a FAANG because you did the LeetCode grind and passed the interview.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by mattgreenrocks on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:09PM (#38475958)

This feels like the tech version of the temporarily embarrassed millionaire meme: it's something people need to be true so they can justify their ambitions of making it. So they repeat it, and say it enough to believe it.

FAANG employees are no different from you and I in the aggregate. That's not a dig, that's just statistics.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by Cheezewheel on Thursday November 30, 2023 @01:48PM (#38477375)

It is naive to even imply that being a hard worker is going to insulate you from getting culled or laid off.

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by pyrale on Thursday November 30, 2023 @01:51PM (#38477425)

> Going to a FAANG is like joining an Olympic sports team

I guess, if the discipline is corruption. My company doesn't feel the need to tell me how to avoid discussing sensible topics with my teammates on group chat.

Yeah, because technical merit isn't the only way you get ranked in the stack. For instance, would you say no to an ethically questionable order if you're on a PIP?

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Re:I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was see... by steveBK123 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @02:01PM (#38477575)

Tts almost the opposite. Olympics has a bunch of objective measures of performance. For individual sports its winning, for team sports theres various scoring/assist/defense/etc metrics that can be used.. plus if your team wins.

In tech, good luck. It's all vibes.

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