Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by ajkjk on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:16PM
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It is true now, and has always been true, that parts of the company are healthy places to work and parts are not. Despite the 'all bad' narrative you see around here. Not to defend Amazon, I mean, they ought to just get it to all be good and of course they won't. But it's annoying having to argue about this all the time instead of everyone just understanding that it's a mixed bag and which org you end up in counts for everything.
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Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by arrakeenrevived on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:33PM
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Maybe this is true for many parts of Amazon culture, but the big factor recently is that the RTO mandate is company-wide. With very few exceptions, it doesn't matter what org you're in, RTO affects you, and can have a drastic change on the entire company's culture.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by snotrockets on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:52PM
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Every big enough company, is, for those not on the c-suite, a collection of 1000s of different companies with a single HR department.
> which org you end up in counts for everything
maybe... then maybe it's time to name those orgs instead of just weaving their legendarium web...
It’s great to win, until you lose.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by reducesuffering on Saturday December 30, 2023 @05:11PM
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And it's also annoying to argue that "it's a mixed bag" is not an excuse for Amazon being in general or on average a huge step worse in terms of work life balance and pleasantness. You are much more likely to end up in a more excruciating role than the average software co.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by scarface_74 on Saturday December 30, 2023 @04:25PM
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Amazon will always eventually Amazon.