Day 2 culture is here to stay -- bureaus and centralization
Day 2 culture is here to stay -- bureaus and centralization
Fairly competitive total compensation when stock is doing okay.
What remains of the old culture is pragmatic, light, fast, mature, intelligent, and constantly self-critical.
The old culture is dying quickly at the hands of over-management.
Centralization, bureaucracies, and general Day 2 strategy are crippling the company from the top down.
Pay is highly volatile due to so much of your compensation being based on stock. You don't find out what you're going to make next year until halfway through this year, and even then, the compensation you actually receive is so volatile it puts completely unnecessary stress on marriage and family.
Remote work policy is part of the Day 2 attitude, and is both counterproductive and draconian. There is no substantiated evidence to support it.
Bring Bezos back, and fire the Steam leadership who is trying to centralize everything and reorganize itself for effectiveness.
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