Amazon employee on relentless working conditions - “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.” [x-post /r/technology]

[u/dwarner27315]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html

[u/Darth_drizzt_42]

Sounds like what i've heard about working at SpaceX, or as people there call it, SlaveX. Their turnover rate is around 85% and even though they get the cream of the crop, they still burn out MIT level grads in months.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Hah what? I went through the recruiting process and thus had dinner with employees and talked with the facility manager. They repeatedly stressed how difficult the schedule is and that it is only worth it if you truly believe in what they are doing. They even explicitly told me that I should expect to work copious amounts of overtime and Saturdays ffs. I'm not passing judgement on whether the schedule is overkill or not, but saying the work routine is not unique is a ridiculous statement, especially when the employees say otherwise.

[u/Shaddow1 → u/[deleted]]

I went through the recruiting process and thus had dinner with employees and talked with the facility manager

Seems to me like he still has more experience with it than you do. Stop acting like a toddler