Amazon Leadership Principles

chipperyman573 wrote: post #5

outside1234 wrote: post #2

Also, 1) Work new hires to death, 2) Make employees cry, 3) Pay like sh*t

I thought the point of working at FAANG is that you get the first two but you get paid really well

Sounds right.

Re: Amazon Leadership Principles

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Post by outside1234 » Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

chipperyman573 wrote: post #5

outside1234 wrote: post #2

Also, 1) Work new hires to death, 2) Make employees cry, 3) Pay like sh*t

I thought the point of working at FAANG is that you get the first two but you get paid really well

And its true, at everywhere but Amazon

Re: Amazon Leadership Principles

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Post by jcutrell » Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

Ugh.

"Are Right, A Lot" - what is this, a magnet for egomaniacs?

"Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit"...

These two mixed feel super toxic. The others are important, but these seem to override the humility necessary for learning...

Re: Amazon Leadership Principles

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Post by tempjobthrow » Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

I have (successfully) interviewed with Amazon. One of the reasons I turned the job down was my experience in the interview.

My "loop" was done by people who spend an hour with me asking my questions designed to see if I fit into these "principles". After the third interview, I was exhausted by parroting the same damn story multiple times - I mean, how many stories can you come up with?

The bar-raiser was changed at the last minute and I got some random dude on the phone who clearly had no idea what the job was about. He spent his hour interrupting me and peppering me with random questions. I've been a lawyer and am used to this so it was not an issue, but it was an all around weird, cult-like experience.

I did well enough to get an offer, but when I walked out of the interview I'd called up my wife and told her I would never join a company that seems to be more cult and less company.

The whole vibe was just super weird. I mean, I'm used to big tech companies thinking that they are doing world changing work (Msft, Goog. Never interviewed with FB), but this was entirely on a different scale.

Re: Amazon Leadership Principles

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Post by zug_zug » Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 8:36 PM UTC

Shrug I would take these more seriously if I felt amazon was executing at an impressive level. Honestly though, I feel like AWS (what I consider their flagship, most-profitable product) runs on a windows-95-level interface and is missing the most rudimentary features for over a decade.

If your results aren't successful, then your methodology must not be successful.