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Re:Where Is James Bond? Trapped in an Ugly Stalemate with Am... by scarface_74 on Monday December 30, 2024 @03:27PM (#42553130)
I worked for AWS for 3.5 years. Their only culture is to treat all employees like shit, a PIP culture and one that they know they can continue being tech’s worst employer (despite the newest Leadership Principle) because all of the H1B visa holders will do damn near anything to keep their jobs.

This isn’t an H1B Visa holder rant. It’s an indictment to the program that keeps them beholden to a company.

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Re:Where Is James Bond? Trapped in an Ugly Stalemate with Am... by tokinonagare on Monday December 30, 2024 @06:10PM (#42554648)
Both can be true. They're even complementary I'd say: the DEI policies are like social greenwashing for how poorly they treat their employees.
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Re:Where Is James Bond? Trapped in an Ugly Stalemate with Am... by scarface_74 on Monday December 30, 2024 @06:28PM (#42554786)
As an internal employee I never saw anything but a perfunctory “ally” programs and a bunch of talk about “diversity” and of course we had to watch the videos and use language that didn’t offend anyone.

FWIW: I’m Black and I found some of the things that were suppose to trigger me or some of the “green washing” that were suppose to give me a warm and fuzzy eye rolling.

To be clear, I had a customer facing role (AWS Professional Services). Amazon wasn’t about to send anyone incompetent to talk to their large clients I don’t care what kind of initiatives they had.

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