[choudharism]

TBF, that was scrapped in 2017. Source: worked there.

There was a clear culture shock for some of the more seasoned Amazonians (and you could see a fall out effect with some "mails to your manager" every now and then if you crossed a Grand Poobah the wrong way), but to all of us "newer" hires, the times of adversarial review were just a story.

[stevewatson301]

I’m not sure how you can say that given news reports like these in 2021, see https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/9/22570579/amazon-performanc...

[choudharism]

I'm not saying there aren't other issues - there certainly are. What you highlighted is one of them. All I'm saying is that The Grand "Me-vs-You" peer review process is gone.

Anecdotally, I can say with confidence that some teams have a lot of autonomy in deciding to follow (or not follow) company-wide practices / guidance like what you've posted (obviously, only a few do it, since non-compliance isn't officially blessed). I was lucky enough to work in a team which was much better than baseline. But I try not to let that colour my memory - I heard and saw plenty of horror stories, and I saw plenty of people (including in my leadership) trying to do the right thing. Like most things, there are shades of grey here.