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In his 2016 letter to shareholders, CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to maintain a Day 1 mindset. Read the full letter here.
Our Leadership Principles
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Diversity and Inclusion
We value individual expression, respect different opinions, and work together to create a culture where each of us is able to contribute fully. Our unique backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our ability to achieve Amazon's mission of being Earth's most customer-centric company.
Our Affinity Groups bring employees together across businesses and geographies. With executive and company sponsorship, these groups play an important role in building internal networks for career development, advising Amazon business units, leading in service projects, participating in policy discussions, and reaching out to communities where Amazonians live and work. Since 2016, enrollment in Amazon’s affinity groups has more than doubled in more than 90 chapters worldwide.
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I have been working at Amazon full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
- Great colleagues that are always ready to support
- Flexible working arrangement during pandemic
- Heavy focus on personal and leadership growth
- A lot of room to grow in Southeast Asia, hence a lot of internal opportunities to explore
Cons
No major cons, but here are a few that Amazon SG can improve on:
- Unlike other techs, Amazon's frugality means that there are limited financial support for the transition to WFH during pandemic.
- Company's philosophy often push employees to overwork
Advice to Management
- Provide more financial support with WFH office set up
- Improve awareness on the amount of work that employees already have and can handle
Application
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon.
Interview
I have applied for an AWS role in Jul, then received an email from one of the AWS tech recruiters, asking me for a time slot to brief me about the interview process.
I have replied immediately with my available slots during the following few days, however, never ever received any reply from the tech recruiter.
I have gone ahead to book the interview slots, as there is another email from the interview coordinator team.
Have done the interview next week, which the interviewer says it went well and will ask recruiter to come back to arrange the following rounds.
I have since followed up with the recruiter, again, however, couldn't get any reply from her again.
I have also tried to reach out to the interview coordinator team, which kindly replied, and directed me to another technical recruiter, whom again, has just ignored my emails.
To date, I don't have any clue what has happened on this role, interview process, or updates.
This is one of the worst unprofessional technical recruiter team I have encountered, and the worst technical interview process I have gone through. A shame to the Amazon brand.
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