Amazon East - Lead Software Engineer Gemini Employee Review

1.0
Oct 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All remote, good base pay

Cons

It was a fun place - a little rudderless when they let go of the old CTO, but ok. The guys that ran things were nice enough. But then they hired some Amazon guy who seems to be bringing all the angst and anger from Amazon without bringing any of the ability or skills or anything. He hired his cronies, who are all unpleasant to work with, and next thing you know, all sorts of senior people are leaving. There is still potential here, but the Twins are off being public figures or buying dubious companies rather than leading (or when they do lead, its abrasive and borderline mean). The next level down is either leaving or trying to cargo cult the worst parts of other orgs. The tech is old. The company is losing money. They have an oddball equity scheme in lieu of RSUs that is impossible to determine the valuation of (hint - your equity ain't worth snot). I could go on, but what's the point?

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Cons

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