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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Yes. That's what this thread is about. But I'm questioning the accuracy of that assessment. One man's book and the New York Times does not truth make. I believe the reputation to be entirely blown out of proportion. The articles I've seen that condemn the Amazon workplace do not convince me--even if they're entirely accurate! The "horrors" I read about Amazon sound like petty whingeing to me. "Waaaaaaah. They want me to work hard for long hours and make hard decisions about my coworkers."
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It's all relative. Certainly if you like working long hours under lots of stress to enrich someone else, then hey go for it. On the other hand, there are a lot of places out there that don't require that level of effort or stress. Thus, Amazon finds themselves having to pay more than those competing for those workers to both hire and retire workers.
In my career as a programmer, I've worked in sweatshops where 200% turnover a year was considered normal, I've also worked in large corporations where most employees treated it as a 9 to 5 job with good pay and benefits and 10 to 30 years with the company was the norm. Most quality programming contractors that I know have a base rate that are looking for and will adjust that rate based on how much they like the job.