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Re:'Clean your desk': My Amazon interview experience on Thursday December 08, 2016 @11:29AM (#13131443)
Not mandatory? In my time at Lab126 (a couple of years ago now), you had to take Making Great Hiring Decisions before you were ever included on an interview loop.
Re:The growth of non-vocal communication on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:19PM (#10006640)
From the tone of TFA, this seems to be presented as a problem. If that's the case, why is it a problem? Is written communication somehow inferior to verbal?
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec on Thursday November 13, 2014 @01:24PM (#8603080)
You misunderstand. This isn't culture rot, this IS the culture at Amazon. The only way to get ahead is to step on the neck of your teammates, because at review time the group is graded on a curve. Somebody's getting a bad review (even if the entire team is doing well), so you had better make sure it's not you. (source - worked at Lab126 for 18 months)