Comment by whoknew1122 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by whoknew1122 | Hacker News Reader

Current AWS employee. I haven't seen anything remotely like what is described in the OP. It strikes me as hyperbolic and a regurgitation of common posts on Blind.

My work life balance is good. My manager is supportive of me and my org takes mental health seriously. We don't hire to fire; in fact we can't hire enough people to keep up with customer demand.

Amazon is a huuuuge place with many different orgs. Maybe you can get stuck on a bad team in a unsupportive org. But to say every org operates as the OP alleges is simply not true.

I'm sorry they had a bad experience at Amazon. But their experience is in no way indicative of every org as they allege.

Also, I find it somewhat interesting that everyone who leaves Amazon after a negative experience blames URA and interoffice politics. It's almost as if it's never the person's fault they got fired.

How do you explain the high turn over rate that can be easily seen using the old fart tool?

I'm not sure that it's fair to ask a random employee (myself) to explain the employee churn for an employer that has over 1 million employees. That being said, it is largely based on the org you're in.

My org (AWS support) has a high churn rate because it's largely seen as a stepping-stone to other places in AWS. People get hired into my org, learn AWS really well, and then go one of a few different places:

- AWS operations (e.g. SOC, NOC) - Service team SDEs - Technical account managers - Solutions architects - Training and certification

Or they simply get enticed to work for someone who uses AWS. I've worked on literally thousands of support cases. I've gotten really good at diagnosing and fixing things on AWS. And as such, I have companies reaching out to me nearly daily with some job or another.

Similarly, for SDEs, working for a FAANG can open lots of doors for you.

The question can be similarly asked: If Amazon is 'lethal' to your career and health as the OP said, why are there so many boomerangs?

Please define 'many boomerangs' in the context of 1 million employees (FC workers shouldn't count).

And yet, as a random Amazon employee, you feel empowered to dismiss other's cautionary tales as hyperbolic and regurgitation of blind posts?

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