This is essentially the same questionnaire I had to fill out after major surgery that required six weeks of recovery and twelve more of physical therapy. Just one more of many reasons I was compelled to leave.
My experience was better for a while in the UK network. There were times I needed a break, a step back, a bit of support. And I got that when I needed it. So did others.
Then came '22, and we started Americanizing the network. The following spring is when I got unwell myself, and the support I had relied upon before wasn't there. In fact, I was treated as a defect. My boss was annoyed that I would dare to look after myself. I recognized that feeling from the US employment domain and knew it was time to accelerate my departure plans.
It's been astonishing how rapidly the workplace has reversed course and regressed to old modernist principles. Amazon is now leading that charge.
I'd love to see anyone defend against this assertion. Amazon won't even publish the data. The company turned me against DEI by having programs that actually didn't do anything for women. Meanwhile, I watched as policies made it tougher for them to succeed. Policies like removing flexibility from work arrangements. I'm still stunned at the rough handling given to people who signed remote contracts only to have them nullified. But it reflects Amazon's financial desperation and the regression of the overall work environment.
One of the examples I didn't include in this piece was an HR partner of mine who went on maternity leave as a Level 6 senior business partner who was proxied into a Level 7 role for several months. Instead of promoting her before/during her leave, the company pretended the whole thing hadn't happened. She had to start all over, prove it again. Then another maternity leave. Then another cycle of re-proving. And after all that, they'd slowed down promos and moved the goalpost. She was one of the best HR professionals and one of the best teammates I've ever had, and they lost her to another company.
The Amazon I joined was different. But I think that just proves its value system was always too fragile to compete with the financial, PR, and political pressures of exposure at scale.
This is essentially the same questionnaire I had to fill out after major surgery that required six weeks of recovery and twelve more of physical therapy. Just one more of many reasons I was compelled to leave.
My experience was better for a while in the UK network. There were times I needed a break, a step back, a bit of support. And I got that when I needed it. So did others.
Then came '22, and we started Americanizing the network. The following spring is when I got unwell myself, and the support I had relied upon before wasn't there. In fact, I was treated as a defect. My boss was annoyed that I would dare to look after myself. I recognized that feeling from the US employment domain and knew it was time to accelerate my departure plans.
It's been astonishing how rapidly the workplace has reversed course and regressed to old modernist principles. Amazon is now leading that charge.
Horrid and intrusive questionnaire. Option (f) might be: they DGAF about retaining women.
I'd love to see anyone defend against this assertion. Amazon won't even publish the data. The company turned me against DEI by having programs that actually didn't do anything for women. Meanwhile, I watched as policies made it tougher for them to succeed. Policies like removing flexibility from work arrangements. I'm still stunned at the rough handling given to people who signed remote contracts only to have them nullified. But it reflects Amazon's financial desperation and the regression of the overall work environment.
One of the examples I didn't include in this piece was an HR partner of mine who went on maternity leave as a Level 6 senior business partner who was proxied into a Level 7 role for several months. Instead of promoting her before/during her leave, the company pretended the whole thing hadn't happened. She had to start all over, prove it again. Then another maternity leave. Then another cycle of re-proving. And after all that, they'd slowed down promos and moved the goalpost. She was one of the best HR professionals and one of the best teammates I've ever had, and they lost her to another company.
The Amazon I joined was different. But I think that just proves its value system was always too fragile to compete with the financial, PR, and political pressures of exposure at scale.
I’ve stopped buying from amazon wal mart target I deleted you tube and paramount plus. I’m done with these guys and many more