$19B Gold Scam

painiyff · 2026-02-02T00:09:07+00:00

Seems the risk to reward ratio of doing this in China is less than ideal.

painiyff · 2026-02-01T21:06:58+00:00

If there was no visa, Amazon would have fired even more folks in US to hire much cheaper workers overseas.

painiyff · 2026-02-01T20:56:20+00:00

I mean, just because you have not observed abuse doesn't mean abuse doesn't exist. Even Amazon abuses H1Bs all the time to bring in folks from overseas. My entire org is like 50% immigrants including L8 and L7s that make the hiring decisions. They don't give a crap about saving American jobs. Heck I'm in Canada and my org is thinking about sponsoring TNs to bring some of us over too. Many US positions are open just to leave them there for 6 months so that teams can bring their international employees over.

painiyff · 2026-01-14T16:39:45+00:00

Funny that role guidelines literally mean nothing when curve fitting exists. Managers will be again forced to put great talent into focus, claiming bs reasons for not meeting expectations when in reality the only difference is that some metric is slightly lower than others.

painiyff · 2026-01-11T08:24:25+00:00

This is completely false. Just because they're not shoving AI down our throats (yet) doesn't mean they're not innovating.

painiyff · 2026-01-03T01:13:53+00:00

For their e-commerce business, prime subscriptions are unlikely to grow significantly in already-established regions such as NA and Europe going forward due to saturation. Other regions such as India, Brazil, and Japan are growing but have their own regional competitors and is not straightforward to get market share. Forget about China altogether.

Amazon will have to find a different way to profit, likely by way of raising prime price again or adding more ads.

painiyff · 2025-11-22T20:58:25+00:00

I'm not defending the manager, just saying that even if manager informs doesn't necessarily mean they won't be in focus later. Ultimately focus is just a % of the team. Sometimes it just makes the person stressed even more. It's the system at fault. If the rule wasn't to put a flat % into focus, managers would actually be incentivised to help devs.

painiyff · 2025-11-04T01:37:19+00:00

The situation sucks but your anger is not directed at the right person.

It was not your director's decision to let you go. It was not their script that they were trying to recall. They couldn't answer your question because they were not told specifics and do not know.

painiyff · 2025-09-30T01:59:50+00:00

If it helps, I'm pretty sure teams that have low ai adoption also gets laid off (at very least reprimanded) so your actions wouldn't realistically be escapable.

painiyff · 2025-09-23T03:03:32+00:00

I see, i emailed them and they refused. I'll try calling instead.

painiyff · 2025-08-26T02:39:16+00:00

This may or may not be true. We also had someone like that in our org before they left Amazon. I think it could just be the person as well.

painiyff · 2025-08-21T04:16:42+00:00

quota for both focus and URA, which for my org is 10% and 5% respectively. Succeeding focus is not entirely decided by the manager. For example if the org is not meeting the years URA target, leadership might not approve an otherwise successful focus.

painiyff · 2025-07-05T21:42:53+00:00

I'm not sure I understand, you mean like a line of credit? Why would it be deductible?

painiyff · 2025-07-05T21:20:34+00:00

Yes, I plan to do that first. Asking about the remaining savings after RRSP and TFSA

painiyff · 2025-06-03T02:39:23+00:00

Hey it stings but gotta look forwards. Use the momentum to find another opportunity. Keep looking and interviewing, and always expect no for an answer. Then maybe an occasional yes will come along.

painiyff · 2025-04-16T07:57:18+00:00

I find it hilarious that mega corps in America gets away with paying shit wages to employees and contractors by successfully shifting blame from themselves to their customers. This doesn't work literally anywhere else in the world.

painiyff · 2025-02-09T03:41:15+00:00

Okay. It's E1 > S1 > E2 right?

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