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coalslawon Fundamentals of Incident Management

Eh the whole point of being on call is that you are effectively assigned to ensure that you're ready to jump on incidents quickly at off hours if needed.

coalslawon Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

I'm not sure tobacco is a good comparison here. Tobacco was a relatively easy thing to tax/restrict/ban as it serves no real purpose beyond individual enjoyment.

coalslawon Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out office workers

This sounds weird.

You interviewed for a PE role but instead was offered and somehow accepted a SDE2 position?

That's a 2 level downgrade and would mean a very different role for you with significantly lower compensation.

coalslawon Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out office workers

To be fair, "regretted attrition" and "non-regretted attrition" are industry terms. Not Amazon specific.

coalslawon Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out office workers

That's also the case at Amazon. And likely most large organizations. It's not a strict stack rank but an expectation that over a certain population size, there is a certain percentage of under-performers. It's also used as a method of calibration. Performance evaluations are hard.