Amazon: principles wielded as weapons, a flattery culture and heavy attrition

2020-10-11T00:00:00+00:00

Leadership principles used as weapons, no solidarity, a flattery culture and a team that kept losing people, though the reviewer liked the tech stack.

AmazonSoftware EngineerPosted 6 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 6–12 months
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 5
Location: Canada
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 5–10 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: Yes
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: 50–60 hours
Who makes the decisions: Others
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Not free, nothing easy nearby

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Amazon: principles wielded as weapons, a flattery culture and heavy attrition

AmazonSoftware EngineerPosted 6 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 6–12 months
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 5
Location: Canada
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 5–10 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: Yes
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: 50–60 hours
Who makes the decisions: Others
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Not free, nothing easy nearby

Was this review useful?