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Amazon says employees may not get promoted if they ignore return-to-office mandate (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Amazon says employees may not get promoted if they ignore return-to-office mandate::Several months after requiring that staffers work out of physical offices at least three days a week, Amazon is making sure the rule is being followed

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[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I fully agree with your sentiment.

But the frustrating reality that Amazon is exploiting is almost no other companies pay as much as Amazon and allow full remote work. Even less if you're one of the thousands of people on a work visa.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The progression isn't Amazon -> normal role at normal company, it's Amazon -> high growth startup or company that will worship your knowledge. Startups have a higher ceiling and the major company role may be more prestigious.

Amazon is going to push their best people out the door.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All my colleagues who left faang companies to go to startups with big offers (and better titles) have lost out massively on comp becauss VC dried up and rsus are worthless.

One guy lost 90% of his rsu value. Another guy got straight up laid off. A third person I know lost about 75% of their offer in stock price declines in early 2023.

I agree that it's often exciting (and easy) to be exceptional at a smaller company, but in my experience it's almost never financially beneficial.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

That's how startups are. You accept more risk. Startups are the definition of risky and this is not an argument for staying at a company that doesn't listen to you.

You can always just move to a different startup. People respect you more in the startup world if you take a risk and lose due to factors beyond your control.