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Hi Amazonians. Can you share the work culture in Retail tech team or in Amazon in general. I've received an SDE1 offer. I have other offers from Microsoft and Goldman Sachs as well. I am really confused between Amazon and Microsoft. All the people I've talked to have said to take the Microsoft offer. Please share your thoughts. Thanks.
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Noted. Will definitely circle back to this conversation once we discuss internally and get our ducks in a row.
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lol love how the use of buzzwords made your top 3 issues with consulting culture. First world problems lol
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This is just corporate America? Aside from 2 which is maybe more consulting specific…
Rising Star
Welcome to the real world. Sounds like you may be new to the professional workplace.
- Every profession has its jargon; construction, cops, doctors, consultants all have their slang.
- Every job and company has spoken and unspoken expectations and standards. You either accept them or you need to find something that fits you better.
- This industry has never been a 9-5 job. Our jobs are based on completing tasks, not working a 40-hr week, with 1-hr lunches and 25-min breaks. If that’s what you want, look elsewhere.
- High turnover is relative. Top consultants average is 15-20%. Try FS (30%), IT (44%), Retail (69%).
Not just that, having seen people use buzzwords, they become "experts" and then start undermining folks who actually had "real" "actual" "tangible" "experience" around the core of the periphery that the buzzwords surround!!
But you gotta accept that "reality" and outpace outachieve outsmart such people, not to survive but to excel!!!
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Those buzzwords are also used in industry, not just a consulting thing.
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Welcome to American style capitalism.
It is what it is.
It's the same everywhere, in all fields and industries.
Fight Club made fun of this over 20 years ago.
Even CNN talks like this.
What's the alternative?
What other options are there?
In an ideal world, students are taught rhetoric, so they have a rigorous and well-defined vocabulary to draw from when attempting meaningful discussions. Instead (at least where I’m from), we teach “speech” or “public speaking” which emphasizes persuasion rather than clarity or logic. We struck our bargain, and we’re paying for it with these loosely-defined terms that don’t map to anything concrete, but do sound pleasant and/or clever.
Not a complaint, it is what it is, and those who do have/get rhetorical training are usually advantaged by appearing more forthright and genuine.
Chief
It’s called gatekeeping
Rising Star
We don’t use buzzwords. I haven’t seen many CXOs or investors use them either.
Buzzwords are *so* middle management.
You’re just so immune you don’t recognize them any more :-)