Any resources for surviving at Amazon?

Got my offer but kinda nervous because of all the critique going around about Amazon. I want to succeed!

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You are about to work for Amazon… RUN..they are not a good place to work and they don’t care nor value there associate…Good luck or quit now while you can

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It will come down to your team and manager. If your org is at risk or your manager doesn’t click with your work or output it’s a losing game. The org leveling review does push out the weakest, but in a large org it’s hard to be the true bottom. Just find trustworthy capable peers and enjoy the ride.

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We all “try our best” but your “best” may not be aligned to Amazon’s definition.

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I don’t work at Amazon, but have heard they have a great mentorship program where you can be set up with a mentor and then between you choose how much you meet etc. Can see this being a very helpful thing and something to participate in. Having a mentor relationship is a nice space to talk about things you might not feel comfortable with with a manager etc. Agree with the above, at any company it really comes down to the team, not necessarily the company as a whole

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Yes the mentor program is awesome. But the mentee needs to take responsibility for being clear about what they want from the relationship and steering the direction. I was a mentor in that program and too many mentees thought I was their career coach.

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edited: After 6 years of being self-employed, I’m considering what opportunities I could have in corporate.

I’ve been looking and seems like my skills don’t transfer well or maybe I don’t have the corporate language?

i absolutely cannot afford to “start from the bottom”

I’m just feeling exhausted from having an online business run on social media. oof.

Do I need to hire a career coach?

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