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Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/te...workplace.html
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08-15-2015, 04:30 PM | #2 |
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Staring to think this company really sucks and shouldn't be getting my dollars.
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08-15-2015, 05:02 PM | #3 |
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I suspect you'll save a lot of money if you only purchase from companies that never put business ahead of their employees personal lives.
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08-15-2015, 05:40 PM | #4 |
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08-15-2015, 06:22 PM | #5 | |
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There are a number of Silicon Valley CEO's who are known as, how to say this... a bit on the unforgiving, driven side. There are stories about Jobs, Gates and Ellison, so it's not real surprising the Bozos also fall in that camp as well. |
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08-15-2015, 06:56 PM | #6 |
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I would like to think this is a hit piece by the NYT as they have never seemed to care much for Amazon, but if true, this "Office Darwinism" is going to end up with a corporation run by Sociopaths.
They have the best customer service around, they better start spreading that concern for the customer well-being to their employees or it is going to bite them in the end. |
08-15-2015, 07:21 PM | #7 |
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The NYT would prefer all employees to be passive. No one is required to work for Amazon. I doubt they have any sort of national draft enforced by the government. And anyone wanting a more peaceful workplace can move.
Of course, they'd likely be moving to a place with passive/aggressive employees who refer to you as an amhole behind your back. As a customer, I find Amazon to be outstanding. That is enough, in itself, to get you on a NYT hit list. |
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Same for someone who is looking for a workplace with greater opportunity to openly criticize co-workers. That is, they can, depending on the economy, and if they have skills in demand, and are good at job hunting. While some of us are in that group, others are not. Another good thing disgruntled employees can do is complain to journalists. Yes, such human frailty is all around us. Life is mostly a matter of degree, isn't it? |
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08-15-2015, 11:03 PM | #9 |
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They sound like extremely dull people.
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08-16-2015, 12:23 AM | #10 |
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It hasn't bitten any of the other companies that have done/do the same exact thing. I am afraid you will be disappointed.
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08-16-2015, 06:35 AM | #11 | |
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08-16-2015, 09:08 AM | #12 |
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I spent 20+ years as an Intel employee, the last 12 as a salaried exempt. Amazon's work environment is nothing new. If you can't take the pressure there are plenty low pressure jobs.
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08-16-2015, 10:07 AM | #13 |
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08-16-2015, 10:46 AM | #14 |
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Of course, and apparently quite a few do decide to move on to different work environments. As I mentioned, it's not like other companies aren't pressure cookers, the oddity, at least to me, is that there doesn't appear to be the big payout.
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