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Practical Delivery, Hostile Culture

Senior Software Development Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 4 years
October 28, 2025
New York, New York
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Very focused at times, and some cultural practices (e.g., clarity of thought expressed by writing).

Very practical and good at incremental delivery.

Cons

Jassy is uninspiring and dropped the ball on AI, so he is trying to make it up by slashing costs and being actively hostile to employees (e.g., RTO). He is also showing crappy, slop AI outputs in inappropriate domains.

Engineering excellence culture is mediocre overall.

Advice to Management

Fire Jassy. Get a strong AI/engineering leader in who doesn't have to answer to Wall Street short-termism.

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