Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by dharmab on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:36PM
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I know someone who has been in this situation for _years_. But his true passion is an outside of work outdoors hobby, which is where he spends about 38 of his work hours each week.
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Wow, I guess that is good for him. What would he do if he needed to find a new job?
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by irrational on Saturday December 30, 2023 @06:00PM
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Go get a new job. You don’t have to tell prospective employers how much time you spent a week doing stuff for your previous company. They will just see that you worked for company X for years Y and that will probably be good enough.
I guess? If I were in his position and worked in technology (he doesn't, see sibling comment), I'd be worried about skill degradation.
I've never been hired because of my resume, though that definitely helps with an interview. There was always a skills test.
I suppose you could grind leetcode or otherwise cram for a skills test, though. You definitely have enough time during the week.
He doesn't work in technology, so he'd just go find another job and go back to working like everyone else.
Sounds like this wouldn't fly at amazon, where they would be just happy to have grounds to actually fire you.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by ActorNightly on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:10PM
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Depends on what you do with the hours you actually work, as well as your previous history. There is a whole meta associated with this, but basically if you establish yourself as the person that people message first to get answers to questions, especially outside of your team, there is a very low chance you are getting fired.
What meta? I’m not familiar, do you have more context or a link?
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by ActorNightly on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:10PM
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There isn't a set guide to this. The idea is that you want people to view you as a loss in teams ability to get things done if you were ever to leave, but not in the sense of raw hours worked but the knowledge and decision making process.
https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes/
What we're talking about is a sort if hybrid between a Tech Lead and Architect, but not quite like either. You have less direct responsibility, but people come to you independently with questions and review requests, because you can quickly generate detailed and accurate answers.