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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in IT and had an opportunity to work at AWS 4 years ago. I would be rich right now had i taken the job. The options would have been life changing.  At the time, i had a 2yr old and 5yr old. Frankly, i didn't want their early lives to be a blur that i couldn't remember due to the long hours and stress i would have had to endure as a trade off. My values simply cannot align with the kind of company Amazon is. I get it, some people are OK having their spouse be the primary for their kids and basically functioning as a PT weekend parent and FT ATM machine. That's not in line with the kind of parent i want to be and the childhood i want for my kids. I wish Amazon had come along before i had a family, but i know i made the best choice. I now work in a ROWE and have the best balance that i could have ever dreamed of.

I personally thinknof you are a government worker and switch to Amazon, you will be in the biggest culture shock of your life. I can only imagine a fraction of government workers could survive at Amazon. The mentality is so much differe t[/quote]

I don't know, I work in satellite operations and the derivation to mission and 24/7 response doesn't sound that different.

How much money did you leave on the table? And you hear the[b] rumors of folks being fired before vesting[/b].. is that real?[/quote]

We've heard these also.  We have a young friend at AWS and while he is making great money, albeit with a crummy work-life balance, these rumors are prevalent and concerning.[/quote]

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