[ignoramous]

> The issue with Amazon is that due to its size, working on a team is essentially like working for a separate company.

Not really; esp when the processes and priorities are alike across the company (with exception of few organizations that are experimenting newer processes at any given point in time).

> Amazon is the best company for finding that sweet spot of maximizing revenue/actual hour worked.

I don't think a single tenured co-worker who, during the pandemic, moved to Airbnb, Uber, Google, Stripe, and heck, even Coinbase, look back fondly upon the management structure they were subject to at Amazon, now that they've seen how other companies in the space are setup.

> If you are a talented software engineer ... cruise control your way at $300k a year.

Well, there's this: https://nitter.net/quinnypig/status/1386803846970675200

[schrute]

How are other companies setup that make them distinct from Amazon?

[ignoramous]

I guess it is hard to pinpoint one particular thing, when it is the overall system of ruthless management which causes grief among engs who dare have a performance blip... on top of the constant stream of stories/rumours they hear of their co-workers / from their co-workers... I guess it only makes them want to move to some place where there is less of such constant barrage of negativity (tangential: https://hbr.org/2016/06/the-management-thinker-we-should-nev...). Personally though, I quit AWS three ago, and haven't looked back, though I did like my time there (and have very little to complaint about).