Passed 2nd stage interviews and will likely be va or Seattle
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“You add a lot of people and you end up with a lot of middle managers. And those middle managers, all well-intended, want to put their fingerprint on everything,”
“So you end up with these people being in the pre-meeting, for the pre-meeting, for the pre-meeting, for the decision meeting, and not always making recommendations and owning things the way we want that type of ownership.”
No, Andy is going to remove middle managers. Everyone manages themselves. Less fat.
Yes, but not for you—at least not yet. You'll have about two years of relative stability. However, once your RSUs start vesting, that's when layoffs will become a real concern. The more unvested stock you have, the more likely you are to be targeted. Amazon gains little from laying off new hires; instead, it’s those actively vesting RSUs who are most at risk.
Yes, always.