Amazon doesn't pretend to care about its employees, Google does (pretend, that is). Working for Amazon right out of college, I honestly kind of appreciated the fact that they never tried to make it feel like your work was your "family", which always came off as incredibly creepy. Interviewing for Facebook and Google and seeing their offices and culture always gave me the heebie jeebies for that reason, and I'm glad I didn't choose them. I'm also glad I left Amazon quickly.
In the end, it's just two different types of cults. You're a fool to show loyalty to Amazon when it shows none back, and Google is in some ways creepier for pretending to care about you and suck in all facets of yourself into a corporation.
The straightforward solution is to work for neither, and show that we won't tolerate creepy corporate culture taking over the technology world that we love.
In the end, it's just two different types of cults. You're a fool to show loyalty to Amazon when it shows none back, and Google is in some ways creepier for pretending to care about you and suck in all facets of yourself into a corporation.
The straightforward solution is to work for neither, and show that we won't tolerate creepy corporate culture taking over the technology world that we love.