Comment on Amazon CEO Tells Workers: Return to Office or 'It’s Probably Not Going to Work Out for You'
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Had an interview with an amazon fulfilment center desk job. It went great, I was a perfect fit, except they wanted me to work in the office 4 out of 5 days a week. (It wasn’t clear in the job listing)
When I asked which part of the job requires a physical presence it turned out none of it. Zero. Nada. They told me an employee must be an exceptional asset to get authorization for full remote work.
I got an offer, but refused as it was too much commuting. The recruiter contacted me afterwards if I would give it another thought, but refused again.
I got a new job that has no remote possibilities because we run a defense SaaS thing that’s cut off from the internet, so, a real reason for it
I’m paid 2.5x my old wage for it and everyone keeps leaving despite the insane pay. We’re about to hire a software guy that didn’t know what grep or curl was
If I made 2.5x my current salary, which would be almost 400,000 a year, I would seriously consider returning to the office. Then I would retire in something like 10 years which is way earlier than I’m currently looking at. For that, RTO would actually be worth it.
It wasn’t even a bad salary beforehand, it was way above average for my city and I was able to save and invest about 40% of my paycheck, now it’s almost as if all I do is saving since my living expenses are such a small part of the salary
I thought 2.5 meant 2.5 when going in, but it’s more like an 5x on disposable income
There’s a lot of stuff in defense contracts that aren’t killing people in europe
Procurement, borders, visas, terrorism intel, …
LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“it’s not in the job description to WFH”; “Ops needs you present just in case”; “Because I tell you so”…
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My last job was super flexible. I could work 1-5 days from home if I wanted to. It was great as the office was 90 min drive from my place.
So we get a new leader, who is super enthusiastic and introduces himself as best buddy/superboss. Fast forward 6 months and 4 office days are mandatory and 1 home office is allowed if you schedule it a week in advance.
Reason? He thinks we perform better, but the real reason was he wanted to keep an eye on us. Fast forward two more months and I was the third person handing in the resignation.
Boss man is still convinced it’s the lack of support from the head office which drives the people away.and it has nothing to do with mandatory office days.
LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Self reflection is often poor. I am not allowed working from home. Even when proving that I am more effective if everyone leaves me alone and just work. Too many distractions in the office.