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I've heard Amazon works you like a dog with zero perks or fun
Amazon is notorious for having a terrible culture. My friend who works there says she regularly sees people crying at their desks. It's not a normal place to work. You can google and there's lots of articles about this.
There's a whole NYT series about it; and Amazon rebuttal etc
@D1 you cannot get a true feel for Seattle rain from a TV show or a movie. I spent 25 years in Seattle. It does rain quite frequently from October through March. But that rain is going to be much lighter than the rain elsewhere in the country. Almost like a mist. But it will rain all day. You just wear a hooded jacket and go with the flow and you are fine.
The grey skies are another thing altogether. For people who grew up with a regular amount of sunshine, even in the fall and winter, the steel grey skies of Seattle may be something one cannot adjust to.
after watching that show on Netflix about the two cops, one being a former junkie and the other being a mirror image of the type of woman I'd hate to work with in consulting, I k we I couldn't deal with that much rain.
I'm one of those people that never puts weather first when it comes to factors of relocation, but my goodness, it rains a lot it seems.
Hahaha D1, the running joke with local viewers of that show was how unrealistic the rain was. Doesn't really rain that much in Seattle actually. But it is almost always cloudy October-April so the weather is definitely a factor.
And among people in Seattle Amazon has always had a reputation of being a shitty place to work. The kind of place that will work you to death for a year or two until you burn out then replace you with someone else. Never worked there myself but I don't hear great things.
My friend was working until midnight most weeks and had to work most weekends
Absolutely horrible. From the HR (completely incompetent recruiter) to the VP I ended up speaking with; there was nothing remotely attractive to me in the philosophy, approach, money, career path (basically, wait for an SVP to replace Bezos then you can take his place...). The recruiter though 🤣😂🤣😂....
You will work with smart and driven ppl, so you won't experience the "industry is boring" mentality that hits many. You'll work as much or more than in consulting. Based on my friends that are now retiring pre-40yo because of their Amazon holdings, I'm not feeling much sympathy about their long hours and the no room for failure environment.
I had a collegue who would constantly cry at her desk, she said she learnt alot tho
Honestly I want to bust some of these myths. I haven't seen anyone cry in the 2 months I've been here. . As for work. My hours are lesser or equal to hours in consulting (I worked at D) and I can still manage to have a decent work/life balance. People in my org are extremely understanding of personal time and space. They do fun things too. Every org is different but you have to just find your group of people, like in any other company. I'm in a Tech Prod Manager role, so I get more control of my hours/ work as well. My friends have been with Amazon for 4 years + and they all love it. There is always something new and exciting going on here. Some work / some teams are bad, but that's with every company, isn't it?
I'm still getting used to Seattle (summer is nice) and still getting used to Amazon. If you've been killing it in consulting, there's no reason why you will not be able to adjust to the Amazon hard work culture.
Hi OP - I'm working at Amazon now. Made the switch in last 2 months. What role are you being approached for? Let me know if you have any questions :)
My friend worked there and HATED it. From what he told me it definitely sounds like what K1 said.
Customer Experience Technology team (content management). I've heard people really not liking it and that the hours are quite long. What's a typical workweek like compared to consulting?
Had a cousin and a good friend both work there, about 8 years apart, on different projects in different departments -- both left after 2 years claiming a corrosive culture and never being able to do stuff right (always fast). Note: both were programmers with maybe 3 years experience at the time.
Thank you all