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I was in the final stages of an interview with Microsoft two weeks ago, in partner marketing. Then the recruiter told me they were putting the hiring process on hold to assess the need for the role. Well, then we heard about Microsoft layoffs last week. Seems like most were in Xbox and Project Alpha but there’s not a lot of information out there. Should I hold out any hope that I’m going to get this job? Any insights on how much these layoffs have impacted the marketing org and/or new hiring?
So I've had 2 hiring managers and several recruiters from Amazon reach out to me about applying for some open positions with the company (android). I completed the coding assessment and now they want me to go through a round of 5 hour interviews next week. Is there a good chance I'll be hired if engineering managers are reaching out to me? I'm really not sure how badly I want to work for them and I don't want to be laid off months after being hired on. Anyone know what Amazon hiring is like?
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Enthusiast
It’s a vibe.
How is performance measured at MBB?
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Mr Bean ❤️
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What do you miss about your office the most?
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Visual Storyteller
Who the hell turn the simulation on LEGENDARY Mode??
Chief
I have 100 hearts☺
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When will in-person dating resume?
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Chief
My favorite was her bringing in containers to better take the free food 😂
This is a regular practice — seen it on multiple occasions by different people.
Shout out to rice cooker! Can’t live without!
Pro
She sounds unwell. I hope she gets proper help.
Chief
I don't understand why this is in the news. If anyone has a mental break down at work, will it make the news now? She didn't commit a crime. Where is her privacy?
KPMG almost certainly did not place this story to humiliate their former employee. A reporter would have seen this going through the courts because checking what cases are on is part of their job. They would have decided it was dramatic and bizarre enough to fill some space, and written a story on the basis of what became public record as a result of the case.
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“According to the tribunal, Miss Lu ignored requests to stop taking too much food for herself from lunches laid on for staff and on one occasion turned up with containers so she could remove as much as possible. She also refused to sit on the same floor as the rest of the Insurance team, commandeering a meeting room five floors below in which she installed a rice cooker.
On one occasion her managers at KPMG became so concerned about Miss Lu's mental health when they could not get hold of her one evening that they rang the police to check at her home that she was alright, an intervention that she later bitterly complained about.”
Toxic all around from both sides it seems😣
Chief
Aw cmon she’s probably actually crazy lol
Why are they publicly shaming a former employee.. you hired her. 😒
She made these incidents an issue by suing KPMG for discrimination. Presumably the firm was trying to show a pattern of erratic and unprofessional behavior to support her dismissal.
Why a newspaper would report the story is a different question.
Chief
She been unemployed for over a year and this isn't going to help. 😡😡😡
Enthusiast
A senior accountant would be in a good place to put in a good word
Why did they randomly call her out now? It seems like this happened in 2018. I also did a little LinkedIn digging (lol I’m nosy) and she left kpmg in 2018. So why publish it now?
Good investigative work
One of my portfolio managers used to walk around the office in socks after 6pm when his peers leave, wonder if this is gonna hit the news next
Pro
At least he wore socks. I've had people walk around barefoot.
My god this is bizarre. Rice cooker in the office lololol I can’t
agreed. It’s not like she committed felony...just being randomly called out seems bizarre.
She was probably working so many hours, she didnt have time to grocery shop. Not condoning erratic behavior. But agree she sounds like someone who was at their breaking point, office space moment. I heard Gheto Boys still when I read this article....and also thought of that scene from wanted where he tells his boss off and knocks his friend out with a keyboard. Sometimes toxic work places make even sane people act crazy.
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I've seen this article like 10 times on this app today
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but why the rice cooker though? Maybe making a point about long hours? Partner should be happy she wasn’t eating into the dinner budget🤣
Rising Star
Is cancel culture coming full circle?
The full report shows that she did this process without counsel, which was unwise because she appeared to be unprepared and did not adequately respond to the evidence presented by KPMG.
And one of my VPs like you take exclusive ownership of the team’s Purell supplied by office maintenance. I guess people to quirky things in the office - to each their own!
All yours sir!
Rising Star
Now this is a role model
So woke