That's one of the stupidest things I have read for some time. Why would a smart company spend money on employee "awards" -- that helps nobody except the people from whom you bought the awards? Real high-achievers at Amazon are rewarded when the company does well, and with the stock at ~ $90 I know they are feeling pretty good. My guess is they want to hug Jeff.
A low achiever would more likely resent this and leave for somewhere else, and the fact that they worked at Amazon likely helped in this job search as I am sure it did in your case. And, it seems like you leaving hasn't hurt Amazon too much :)
Re: Amazon Architecture
That's one of the stupidest things I have read for some time. Why would a smart company spend money on employee "awards" -- that helps nobody except the people from whom you bought the awards? Real high-achievers at Amazon are rewarded when the company does well, and with the stock at ~ $90 I know they are feeling pretty good. My guess is they want to hug Jeff.
A low achiever would more likely resent this and leave for somewhere else, and the fact that they worked at Amazon likely helped in this job search as I am sure it did in your case. And, it seems like you leaving hasn't hurt Amazon too much :)