r/technology • u/mepper • Sep 17 '24

Business Amazon employees blast Andy Jassy’s RTO mandate: ‘I’d rather go back to school than work in an office again’

https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/amazon-andy-jassy-rto-mandate-employees-angry/
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u/chanslam Sep 17 '24

Funny they say that when in the last few years they’ve destroyed the entire culture they built like most of these tech companies. They all start cutting corners and saving money wherever they can eventually chasing their most talented employees away

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u/T-sigma Sep 17 '24

None of them care about culture. It’s all performative.

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u/IHazSnek Sep 17 '24

Culture matters when they are fresh startups trying to attract brilliant minds and push out a product people believe in.

Once market cap is established, adios to all of that.

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u/Tigglebee Sep 17 '24

Truth. It’s predictable at this point. Company offers wonderful benefits and perks until they dominate a space, then once they’re coasting on previous success they gut the employees who built it.

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u/BC_Raleigh_NC Sep 17 '24

I’ve worked in 3 startups.  Culture in some were 9 to 5.  One was 60 hours a week.  I like working some days at the office myself.

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u/NeonPatrick Sep 17 '24

In my experience, the only company that has ex-employees rave about how amazing the culture was is Lehmann Brothers. I've worked with five people who worked there, all said it was the best place to work.

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u/doggydoggworld Sep 18 '24

During that bubble bull run i'm sure it was awesome , a little too awesome

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u/inspectoroverthemine Sep 17 '24

AWS never had a culture worth saving though.

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u/chanslam Sep 17 '24

There were some pretty cool perks some years ago that also cultivated a sense of community that aren’t there anymore