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Good observation. If true, this story is a complete waste of time. Apples/Oranges.

Isn't it a good observation _if_ it's true?

Urgh. Okay. I thought it was an insightful comment but didn't invest the time to vet it fully. Was trying to highlight the comment because (again, if true) it basically invalidates the whole story. That doesn't happen often. The notable part is that one short comment (could) make the story shit.

If google does indeed limit, for example, "SRE II/ Location" to one posting, and Amazon expands that to, say, 100 postings, then the premise is worthless. I don't know how to confirm that.

This is not exactly how it works. Managers at Amazon can request headcount all they want, but the request bubbles up and needs to be approved. Sometimes, there are top-level hiring freezes as well. The planning and hiring process is more complicated than that though.

He didn’t mean individual teams get to decide how many new people to hire. He meant managers make their own job postings for each small team.

Wanted: Software Engineer. Various levels, focuses and locations needed.