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Some months after I quit (having been "managed out" as the article puts it) I got the most plaintive voice mail from my ex manager asking if I might consider coming back. Other people might get satisfaction from that, I just got relief Gazpacho fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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Aug 16, 2015 21:52
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:there are people who get off on having their balls stepped. Amazon teaches them that getting treated like poo poo is critical to success and nurtures their rear end in a top hat behavior as long as they work. getting paid well means you should give up your entire life. if you show any weakness, like getting sick or pregnant or wanting see your family then your rear end in a top hat colleagues will go out of their way to gently caress you and the company encourages this.
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Aug 16, 2015 22:51
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Gazpacho posted:That isn't true, there are devs who stay for years. I remember one in particular who had his name on one small but useful piece of tech but otoh I hated him because he was always a few cubes over from me loudly shootin the poo poo with bros or playing with a toy helicopter or watching sports videos while I was frantically fighting fires. On the table in front of me are the very same noise canceling headphones I went out and bought on company time so I wouldn't hear him goofing around this sounds worse than shitposting
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Gazpacho posted:That isn't true, there are devs who stay for years. I remember one in particular who had his name on one small but useful piece of tech but otoh I hated him because he was always a few cubes over from me loudly shootin the poo poo with bros or playing with a toy helicopter or watching sports videos while I was frantically fighting fires. On the table in front of me are the very same noise canceling headphones I went out and bought on company time so I wouldn't hear him goofing around
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Aug 16, 2015 22:56
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Steve Yegge posted:Ha, ha! You 150-odd ex-Amazon folks here will of course realize immediately that #7 was a little joke I threw in, because Bezos most definitely does not give a poo poo about your day.
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Aug 16, 2015 23:18
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linoleum floors posted:Sounds like you were too dumb to snitch on him for being cool
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Aug 17, 2015 00:04
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jeff benzos, prolific drug forum poster, dies of overdose
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Aug 17, 2015 00:07
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pram posted:jeff benzos mods pls
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Aug 17, 2015 00:21
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I like working for Amazon.
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linoleum floors posted:Sounds like you were too dumb to snitch on him for being cool those types of assholes are usually protected. they did one good thing, at one time, under the right person and now in that persons mind they can do no wrong and are absolutely invaluable. it doesn't matter if you catch them jerking off into the salad bar, it will just be dismissed as "they had a bad day and said it wouldn't happen again".
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Aug 17, 2015 01:45
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slush posted:I like working for an Amazon.
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Aug 17, 2015 01:46
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i heard a rumor that amazon tracks the time your mouse is moving per day in an excel file and tell you so you can check it i assume so you feel bad about taking bathroom breaks
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Aug 17, 2015 02:24
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I would just tell them I use keyboard shortcuts and tab and spacebar for everything.
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Aug 17, 2015 02:58
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TerminalRaptor posted:those types of assholes are usually protected. they did one good thing, at one time, under the right person and now in that persons mind they can do no wrong and are absolutely invaluable. it doesn't matter if you catch them jerking off into the salad bar, it will just be dismissed as "they had a bad day and said it wouldn't happen again". i wish my office had a salad bar.
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Aug 17, 2015 03:25
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fart simpson posted:i wish my office had a salad bar. it's p nice if you use it on one of the days someone isn't jerking off into it.
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TerminalRaptor posted:those types of assholes are usually protected. they did one good thing, at one time, under the right person and now in that persons mind they can do no wrong and are absolutely invaluable. it doesn't matter if you catch them jerking off into the salad bar, it will just be dismissed as "they had a bad day and said it wouldn't happen again". their managers can't go to bat for people other employees are badmouthing
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poty posted:i heard a rumor that amazon tracks the time your mouse is moving per day in an excel file and tell you so you can check it Those mouse moving programs from back in the alladvantage days need to come back
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as long as i keep getting a 10% discount on my frequent purchases i don't care if jeff bezos launches a nacht der langen drohnen and starts exterminating the undesirables
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Aug 17, 2015 07:16
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angry_keebler posted:as long as i keep getting a 10% discount on my frequent purchases i don't care if jeff bezos launches a nacht der langen drohnen and starts exterminating the undesirables but you can only keep getting your 10% discount until you've bought $1000 worth of merchandise in a calendar year
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Aug 17, 2015 07:21
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i hope jeff literally kills his employees in order to make the rest work harder, no i am not joking
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Aug 17, 2015 07:24
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people who work at Amazon and who are personally offended by this article are rallying around a LinkedIn self post article that goes "I'm a manager, and I don't think I'm a jerk, and I know what things are like here because I've worked at Amazon for 14 months." oh and the peculiar test isn't mandatory. the nytimes doesn't say it's mandatory either, but suck it nytimes, get your facts straight on the thing you didn't say i expect a full retraction shortly
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Aug 17, 2015 07:47
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jeff bozos has responded http://www.geekwire.com/2015/full-memo-jeff-bezos-responds-to-cutting-nyt-expose-says-tolerance-for-lack-of-empathy-needs-to-be-zero/
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cremnob posted:jeff bozos has responded lol "if you think we're being too hard on you, you wussy baby, report yourself to HR or myself immediately, it might be wise to clear your desk out first"
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Aug 17, 2015 08:17
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I remember reading a while back that average tenure at amazon was 7 months and they were proud of this
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cremnob posted:jeff bozos has responded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIOBLr1NDU
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also this is long but worth reading http://t.co/GKtb5j8DS8
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poty posted:i heard a rumor that amazon tracks the time your mouse is moving per day in an excel file and tell you so you can check it such a convoluted solution to a problem. amazon just removed the toilets from its office... http://pastebin.com/7RpXneAV e: ^^ Quirex !
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Aug 17, 2015 09:49
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Ah, the bathroom email thread. Good times.
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angry_keebler posted:as long as i keep getting a 10% discount on my frequent purchases i don't care if jeff bezos launches a nacht der langen drohnen and starts exterminating the undesirables I expected this much from a person who "bakes"
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Aug 17, 2015 10:17
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some senior engineering manager posted:The desks are a tradition from the old Amazon “door desks” and, looking at how nice they are compared to the sterile, hospital white, pressed-wood cubicle desks at other companies, they probably cost a lot more to make. - a two-inch solid wood top with sealed laminate on the top and sides - four dry unpressed 4x4 legs, edges rounded, usually with visible splits - four joining brackets and four triangular supports, all 1/16 in steel. - several large wood screws they're cheap as gently caress, and they're assembled by the managers in team building exercises
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Aug 17, 2015 19:33
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Gazpacho posted:These desks are you mean authentic startup feel
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Aug 17, 2015 19:56
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no manager I know has ever made a desk lol, unless it was for the spirit of something or whatever.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:02
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why are people underlining things now, stop it
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BONGHITZ posted:why are people underlining things now, stop it agreed
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Gazpacho posted:they're cheap as gently caress, and they're assembled by the managers in team building exercises BONGHITZ posted:why are people underlining things now, stop it Agreed, I clicked several times expecting to get to yo mommas website before realizing it wasn't a link.
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i think most companies have moved onto solid plastic cube desks op; i know mine is and it's actually pretty nice and likely not very cheap
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https://meh.com/forum/topics/amazon-is-where-overachievers-go-to-feel-bad-about-themselves-#55d11ba8346b807400655d90shawn from woot dot com now at meh dot com posted:To be fair, after reading the NY Times article you should read this Amazon employee rebuttal: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazonians-response-inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-nick-ciubotariu
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"Is it really that hard to work at Amazon?" asks paper owned by jeff bezos
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qirex posted:"Is it really that hard to work at Amazon?" asks paper owned by jeff bezos 
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