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Nice Buildings, Toxic Culture

Senior Cloud Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for 2 years
June 5, 2018
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Nice buildings to work in.

Downtown Seattle is fun and exciting.

High salaries due to competition with Amazon for bodies, but it won't last much longer.

Cons

Staffing is overwhelmed and unprepared for what they are trying to do.

Too much overhead in the form of corporate processes and policies.

Run like a bank versus a startup that needs to be dynamic.

Too many former Amazon people – its cut-throat environment cannot sustain itself for long and will result in complete anarchy.

There are published "values" for employees. However, it's obvious you are rewarded for doing the exact opposite, and screwing over your co-workers is endorsed and appreciated at all costs.

Cannibalism is a daily way of life.

Advice to Management

Hire outside of Amazon. It's already so incestuous, there may not be time to recover, but adding to the insanity has to end.

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