RTO is killing any motivation I had left
RTO is killing any motivation I had left
- Relative freedom when it comes to most technology choices (as long as you can make a case for it not hampering operational excellence, you can use any programming language you want).
- Lower-level management is generally understanding of personal circumstances.
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Despite their original promise that RTO would not affect virtual employees (on the eve of COVID, many people were hired as 100% virtual/remote without an office assignment), the company is now asking us to either move to one of the hub locations or quit.
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Despite the claims that "you own your career at Amazon," promotion processes above L5 depend more on the people around you than on your own merit.
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Jersey City, New Jersey, United StatesJune 1, 2020Exactly as described in the document the recruiter gives you: * 4 1-hour interviews: * 3 coding * 1 system design The document definitely gives way more information than you strictly need, but it's a good document for preparing for ot
