I’ve had my first job for a year now. My partner got his dream job which requires us to move. My job had an office in that state. But because of stupid in person team rules from this aloof dipshit VP (came from Amazon surprise surprise) they won’t let me move and keep working.
I thought if I could be reasonable and up front they would work with me. But now I’m just a corpse to them. Already working on replacing me. Even though it will be more expensive and might tank the project per the teams advice. I’m on 4 hours sleep right now so might just be ranting.
But I am disconcerted by the level of visceral hatred I feel towards this VP. So detached, so caught up in vapid buzzwords. Where do these people come from. Why are there so many of them in positions of power. How do I handle these feelings without making my partner feel guilty.
I’ve probably made a straw man out of him. He probably has a family and interests. I don’t like how I feel this way. I’ve never felt this way. I don’t want to go back out into the job market.
Thank you for typing all of that out. It’s disturbing to think about Amazon employees spending a good portion of their lives in such a shitty environment, and then taking it with them. Fucking yikes.
I honestly feel bad for them because it seems so toxic. I have friends there and it’s such a harsh rigid environment. Everything has a process, everything has an amazon way to do it. Interview questions are defined and have specific answer types. Escalations have forms you fill out. Every interaction has a procedure, and what OP sees here is that leaking out. Once it’s drilled in it’s hard to unlearn.
I’ve know a few, it feels a bit like an abusive cult. The one friend only sees it as good and takes on the shitty things that happened to them as their own fault. It’s hard to see them stick up for Bezos and Amazon. Just because a cult is filled with super intelligent people, doesn’t mean it’s not a cult.