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Amazon's Silent Sacking justingarrison.com/blog/2023-12-30-amazons-silent-sacking/

557 sats \ 7 comments \ @kepford 17 Jan tech

276 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jan

Based on listening to the author on the podcast embedded in the post I'm not sure this guy gets how markets work and how companies like Amazon responded to the inflow of money in response to gov monetary actions.

I was told repeatedly it wouldn’t affect me or the teams I worked with. Then in the summer that changed.

If this is true whoever told him this surely didn't mean that his team would never be affected. Many in companies like Amazon, I would say most have no clue what is going to happen in the economy in the next 6 months. You can't make promises like that. You just can't. When I hear stuff like that I don't take it seriously.

It doesn't seem like there is an awareness of the state of markets and the economy in the post.

Many teams at Amazon have been in a hiring freeze for over a year. And now they’re chasing away the people they do have.

Join the club buddy. During Covid most large tech firms were hiring because they had the cash flow and demand. Now that life is largely back to normal and money is tight due to interest rate increases reality is hitting everyone. Most of the large firms have had layoffs and hiring freezes.

The more I think about this "story" the more uninteresting it is to me...

34 sats \ 3 replies \ @_stacktoshi 17 Jan

As I read that glimpse into what was going on at AWS last year, I found it odd that the guy was able to publish without any repercussions and then, right at the end

Update: On Jan 10th I officially quit Amazon. My manager called me asking about what work I would be doing like none of this ever happened. I knew he would tried to put me on a PIP and I wasn’t going to stick around for that.

Given all the coverage of that post (linked at the bottom!!) and the podcast, I wonder if that's really how that conversation went down...

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @geisterde 21 Jan

Its odd that he would quit before his pip. I know several people who intentionally go on a pip if they have another job opportunity. A PIP is like, you can quit now and stay gone for 5 years and we will give you a big chunk of change, or you can stay on and fight to keep your job or stay at the company.

People who quit to avoid a pip are either expecting to work at the company again soon, or are total d-bags at work and worried that it will mess up their next interview.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 21 Jan

Interesting.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 17 Jan

Yeah. I don't know either. I'm sus on it. Gotta stay skeptical. Always multiple sides to a story.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @chungkingexpress 18 Jan

He says to expect big AWS outages in 2024, anyone else have insight on this?

128 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 18 Jan

My guess is because he thinks it will be a consequence of the firings.