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Severe degradation of work experience. I hate to see it

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 9 years
March 16, 2023
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good benefits. Great co-workers (individual contributors and first-line managers).

Cons

Severe duplicity and lack of trust from executives. Hypocrisy/cynical disregard of leadership principles by execs and management. Hostile work environment from upper management and execs. Lack of respect and empathy.

Advice to Management

Recent Return To Office discussions have shown execs and upper management to lack respect and trust in their organizations. The weak anecdotes and lack of hard data to support nebulous claims of productivity increases for RTO are transparent, especially in the face of numerous industry, press, and internal data to the contrary, showing that remote work is more productive, less stressful, more healthy, and less of a time and money burden on workers.

Pair this with reports of upper managers in meetings speaking about this (and wage drops / stock impact to compensation) derisively ("suck it up buttercup" and "That's just the way it is" and so on) which are disrespectful.

I used to tell interviewees that Amazon was a place that truly believed in their leadership principles, but I can no longer say that with honesty. Find a better company than this if possible; it's going downhill quickly.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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