"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
> "one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck."
Because no one else has that ever? That seems pretty normal, pretty silly to consider a perk and personally pretty useless.
"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
It's closer to like November to March/April. It was in the 80s for a few days in April here this year.
Also, the only places around the country where it isn't dreary, damp, and grey from late fall through spring is California or the South. Compared to the Northeast or the midwest, Seattle's winters are incredibly mild.
"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
Having worked at Amazon.com, we used to joke that we could get anyone to move to Seattle if they interviewed in August. The summers are pretty amazing in Seattle, but the weather sucks the other 9 months of the year.
"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
I'd rather have free lunch brought in than have to go outside (rain or shine) and buy my lunch. I'd be more interested by a first rate company cafeteria with good (cheap or free) food.
I don't know what the food trucks are like in Seattle, but in SF they are as expensive (or more so) than regular restaurants. So if I'm going to go out for food, I'd rather go someplace where I can sit down and eat.
"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
It's closer to like November to March/April. It was in the 80s for a few days in April here this year. Also, the only places around the country where it isn't dreary, damp, and grey from late fall through spring is California or the South. Compared to the Northeast or the midwest, Seattle's winters are incredibly mild.
A lot of the "intermountain West" gets cold but sunny winters. It doesn't rain that much here in Bend - we get a lot of sun, actually. Cold and dry beats just above freezing and drizzly gray rain any day, in my book.
In a story on Arthur Sulzberger, Mark Bowden wrote in Vanity Fair, "Whether owing to hubris or sheer distraction, the erection of a new headquarters often seems to spell trouble for corporations." http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200... Anecdotal experience tends to lead many people in the technology industry to suggest that growth (or newly “sexy”) companies rapidly head into difficulties at…
For example, Zynga's office building is worth more than the entire company: https://medium.com/halting-problem/zyngas-offices-now-worth-...
Was maybe. Zynga's cash is less than that even with the same valuation, so the math doesn't check out anymore.
In a story on Arthur Sulzberger, Mark Bowden wrote in Vanity Fair, "Whether owing to hubris or sheer distraction, the erection of a new headquarters often seems to spell trouble for corporations." http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200... Anecdotal experience tends to lead many people in the technology industry to suggest that growth (or newly “sexy”) companies rapidly head into difficulties at…
Depending on how you count, Amazon has made ~5 campus moves in the last 20yrs. So far, so good...
In a story on Arthur Sulzberger, Mark Bowden wrote in Vanity Fair, "Whether owing to hubris or sheer distraction, the erection of a new headquarters often seems to spell trouble for corporations." http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200... Anecdotal experience tends to lead many people in the technology industry to suggest that growth (or newly “sexy”) companies rapidly head into difficulties at…
The problem with that correlation in this case, is that in all of the best examples of that phenomenon, the companies were no longer being run by their founders. I'd be willing to bet that's not a trivial factor in the overall situation.
In a story on Arthur Sulzberger, Mark Bowden wrote in Vanity Fair, "Whether owing to hubris or sheer distraction, the erection of a new headquarters often seems to spell trouble for corporations." http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200... Anecdotal experience tends to lead many people in the technology industry to suggest that growth (or newly “sexy”) companies rapidly head into difficulties at…
I assume you have evidence backing up this correlation for large, mature tech companies, rather than startups?
"one of the best recruiting tools Amazon has is if people come interview on a nice day, and people are sitting outside having lunch from a food truck." Have they been to Seattle during the months of November to June?
I'd rather have free lunch brought in than have to go outside (rain or shine) and buy my lunch. I'd be more interested by a first rate company cafeteria with good (cheap or free) food. I don't know what the food trucks are like in Seattle, but in SF they are as expensive (or more so) than regular restaurants. So if I'm going to go out for food, I'd rather go someplace where I can sit down and eat.
I'd rather pay for my food because then there isn't the expectation that I stay at work to "enjoy" it. But I'm with you on food trucks. I just don't see the appeal (no, I don't need half of my lunch sliding down my arm as I stand up to eat it) but, damn, they are popular in urban Seattle.