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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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