amazon.com: work experience #6

by Pete Abilla on April 16, 2006

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i invite all former amazonians to share their experiences while an employee at amazon.com.  here are some general guidelines:

do:

  • details, details, details
  • share about your interview experience
  • what did you do there
  • when and where did you work for amazon.com
  • your least favorite core value & why
  • why did you join
  • why did you leave

don’t:

  • openly slander people by name (don’t mention names)
  • don’t share your own name
  • sign your post with (your gender, years worked at amazon)

here’s the process: to submit your amazon story, please CONTACT ME.  to make sure that the comment is not spam, please provide a valid email address — I WILL NEVER SHARE YOUR EMAIL.  then, i’ll post your story as you submitted it.

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i joined amazon.com as a technical product manager (tpm). i joined as part of the merchants@ initiative. i had worked at a bunch of startups that all failed, but had great experiences and a degree from indian institute of technology. i was a manager over a team of 3 and managed software projects, but didn’t code that much.

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amazon.com is fast-paced and none of the work is trivial. from day 1 you interact with really high level people. work is flexible, but really demanding. it’s a sweat shop.

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pay is not so good, but decent. they give a lot of stock, but cash is not as good. this is no a secret. everybody there complains about this. the stock is pretty good because you get big cash once a year. if you can eat not well for a year, then get much cash once a year, then you’ll be okay.

i left amazon.com to join microsoft. microsoft is a big slow company, but they pay a lot in cash and the work is interesting. i had good experiences at the amazon.com.

male, 2000 – 2002

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