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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Its been great for us as a family. Work from home, flexibility for field trips, school activities, allow families to travel (but you pay for air fare and food), and flexibility for other things. My spouse could work from the nursing home for a few weeks to be there when his mom died. They were very supportive.[/quote] Do you work there? Or does your spouse? I’m curious what your spouse thinks about the actual experience of working there.[/quote] Its been a good overall experience. He's been lucky. Its one of the better jobs/companies he's had. Good supervisors and co-workers. But, he just does his job and stays out of the drama. And, for us, its nice for him/us to have stability vs. working on contracts. He isn't sure if he'll stay after his four years given his 5th year isn't particular good so he may be better off leaving for a year or two and going back. He's had interest but likes Amazon enough to stay for the full four years, probably longer. He rarely hears about people getting fired except really poor performance or there is usually more to the story. Most people leave as they prefer salary over CEU's, salary (really RSU's but some of that is because the stock is up right now) goes down after four years or a bad supervisor/team. One thing to know is each time you RSU's vest you have to sell stock or pay the taxes on vesting day. The thing he wasn't told about was the travel and early on was pushed by others to regularly travel. He was able to refuse travel and it was not a big deal. He rarely traveled pre-covid. Some folks travel a lot but some of it is choice or particular job. There is no travel right now. So, if you interview ask about travel. Also, about office vs. work at home. His supervisor didn't care, others do and expect in office (few are working in office with COVID in his building). The other negative is you get a few months to learn before working but you are basically teaching/training yourself and there really isn't a team/mentor mentality where you get help and support. Amazon does provide tons of free trainings, certifications and conferences. But, you have to be able to basically figure it out on your own in less someone indirectly agrees to mentor you. [/quote]
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