Pay and benefits are good. You learn a lot. People around you are smart.
Process and people do try their best to create mechanisms to increase fairness and reduce biases in everything people-related.
Hustle culture. Frontline managers have no incentives to actually think about people other than the minimal. Senior leaders are hit or miss; some are good people and some are bad people. Some jerks work 7 days per week and, consciously or not, expect you to do the same.
Be deliberate and explicit about work-life balance boundaries. Don't only say "you own your agenda." Not everyone has that "soft skill" or emotional intelligence, and because of managers like you, they burn out, they leave, they get mentally scarred for life.
I worked at Amazon for about one and a half years until I was laid off. During my employment with Amazon, I was recognized as a valued employee. I applied again after seven months of being unemployed and asked my internal connections to refer me to
Had one round of System Design interview. I thought the interview went okay; if not great, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, with a suggestion to apply again in six months.
A round of five interviews in one day is challenging. They have a well-structured process, but there is no feedback, so I didn't know how to improve. The interviews are related to their Leadership Principles. Your experience must align with those pr
I worked at Amazon for about one and a half years until I was laid off. During my employment with Amazon, I was recognized as a valued employee. I applied again after seven months of being unemployed and asked my internal connections to refer me to
Had one round of System Design interview. I thought the interview went okay; if not great, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, with a suggestion to apply again in six months.
A round of five interviews in one day is challenging. They have a well-structured process, but there is no feedback, so I didn't know how to improve. The interviews are related to their Leadership Principles. Your experience must align with those pr