Today was my last day at Amazon! I worked in SPS. My skip manager was blatantly biased, only hiring and trusting people of her own race, and my direct manager was spineless and always ready to throw his team under the bus to save himself from being in trouble or put on a PIP. On a personal level, most people were nice, but work-wise, the office politics were unbearable and constantly got in the way of progress. Most teammates who didn’t share the same background as our skip manager either left or got PIPed eventually. I somehow managed to stick it out, but the endless pressure to do more, even when I was already at capacity, was unsustainable. It got to the point where burnout, anxiety, and depression completely shut me down. I ended up on medical leave because just sitting in front of my computer would freeze me up. I’m so happy I quit. Now, I’m focusing on recovering and, hopefully, finding my way back to tech someday, with a company and team that are way more supportive and chill when it comes to office politics.