[iLoveOncall]

I have worked there for 8 years now and we ARE running out of bodies.

It has become extremely difficult to hire at any level, we have had an open position on my team for a senior data scientist for a year and a half now, with barely any candidate applying, and none of them being competent.

Similarly the average level of new employees has dropped dramatically. The famous "hiring bar" is now below ground.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

Amazon has been on my Would Never Work For list for over a decade now. Even the “golden years” being referenced by OP and some commenters in this thread were plagued by Amazon overworking people and doing sketchy things like weighting RSU all till the last few years and then laying people off before their mountain of cash landed

[peatmoss]

Curious what you're looking for in that position as the aperture for what DS do at AWS is quite broad (my current role). DM me if you want to chat—contact info in profile.

[tardedmeme]

I applied to work there on some kernel/hypervisor thing - rejected without comment. I've also worked at other companies that desperately needed to hire people but kept rejecting every candidate, even the alright ones. Interest rates are too low.