Avoid this place. Work on any other FAANG company
Avoid this place. Work on any other FAANG company
Good pay, good reputation, good perks.
Was pressured to rush the delivery of a new product release, only to be laid off alongside 9,000 others—shortly before receiving an email stating that the engineering team would be expanding.
The technical debt across products is soul-destroying. If you're going to emulate Amazon, at least adopt the best practices, not just the culture of urgency.
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