> It is consistently ranked as one of the better places for software engineers to work
Where? By whom? I looked for a while and I couldn't find a single source to suggest this. There are plenty of lists of good software workplaces, Amazon shows up on none of them.
People like working there because it is a great resume-booster. Work a couple years at Amazon, kill yourself for work, then move on to a real company with that on your CV.
>despite NYT hit pieces
Or as everyone else in the world knows it, "accurate reporting".
Here's a quote from an article from an employee that I think captures it:
“Amazon is a culture of self-driven workaholics”
If you join the cult and agree it's a good idea to work yourself to death, it's a good place to do that. It's not a good place to go if you want to be a Seattleite, participate in a community or have a life at the same time.
>Here's a quote from an article from an employee that I think captures it: “Amazon is a culture of self-driven workaholics”
You are quoting a subjective statement from an article, in support of the article's veracity? That makes absolutely no sense.
Amazon employs tens of thousands of people. Hundreds of thousands have worked there over the past 20 years. The NYT article was a collection of anecdotes.
"Accurate reporting"? Lol, I for one am shocked that out of the hundreds of thousands of current and former employees they were able to find a handful that had bad experiences. I mean, what are the odds? Amazon must be the worst.
"Accurate reporting"? From what I remember, not a single individual references worked in software development, they were exclusively in marketing and bureaucratic levels.
>If you join the cult and agree it's a good idea to work yourself to death, it's a good place to do that
Again, based on a few anecdotes you've reached the conclusion that it is a cult? It's really obvious that you've decided Amazon is evil a priori, and are using circular logic to rationalize this, because your evidence so far is anecdotal (from an article based on anecdotes).
>It's not a good place to go if you want to be a Seattleite, participate in a community or have a life at the same time.
I work 40 hours a week, average. So does nearly every engineer I know here. I love Seattle and my work-life balance is awesome.
Source? It is consistently ranked as one of the better places for software engineers to work, despite NYT hit pieces.
>Would you last significantly longer than the average 1 year turnover rate at Amazon?
Amazon's turnover is almost indistinguishable from Google's. It's an industry issue (at the highest tier, at least), not an Amazon one.