Big Tech Work Experiences
Commenters share personal anecdotes and debate whether negative experiences at large tech companies, as described in an article, are typical or exceptional across various firms like Amazon and others.
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Glad to see I am not the only HN users that work in such companies.
I've learned to take anecdotes as data points but also recognize that in a large enough company, there is a huge variance.A large company is like a country. Different people will have different experiences. Take America for instance. Some people say America sucks, the healthcare is broken, there's too many guns, Europe is better. Others say there's more jobs that pay better in America, America gives people a chance to be on the leading edge (through various tech/cultural h
That doesn't sound anything like other companies you and I have worked at :P
sounds like every company I've ever worked at.
That has not been my experience working for a big US tech company.
You must have worked at the wrong sort of company then - they do exist
Not sure what was going on in your case, but I have a relative who has worked there in a few tech capacities for many years and she loves it.Like any gathering of people, there are always a few stinkers I suppose.
Yeah my dudeDidn’t think there’d be more than one of us on hereSuch a wild west company to work for. I enjoy meeting the many very bright people who work for us before they inevitably move onto other things
It might be, though it also sounds like where I work, which is a company that has been mentioned a couple of times on HN (to a mixed reception).
I've worked there, it's not any different than the rest of the business world.