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I worked at Amazon during its early years. Jeff Bezos didn't seem to care about anything but his mission — but it was hard not to like him.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Steve Yegge, a 56-year-old from Washington, about working at Amazon — founded in 1994 — from 1998 to 2005. The following has been ...
Yahoo

Life after RTO: 11 Amazon employees reflect on the highs and lows of returning to the office full time

Demoralized, stressed out, and struggling to take care of family members. Energized, efficient, and connected to their coworkers. These are some of the feelings Amazon employees described in ...
The New York Times

At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work

Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. Others welcome the shift. By Noam Scheiber Noam Scheiber has ...
The Baltimore Sun

Amazon’s new return-to-office rule could affect Seattle businesses, traffic

The new five-day, in-office work week that starts Thursday for Amazon employees affects far more people and things than just those workers being told they must appear at the office. There are pros and ...
Arizona Daily Star

Amazon bumps pay, lowers health insurance costs for warehouse workers

Amazon says it will spend more than $1 billion to raise pay and lower health insurance costs for warehouse and transportation employees in the U.S. The company said Wednesday that the average pay for ...
Business Insider

I was an ambitious Amazon exec who solved my burnout without skipping a beat at work. Here's how.

It was Friday afternoon, and I'd just hit send on my weekly report to Amazon's Retail vice presidents, detailing what the Global Merchandising team I'd created had accomplished that week. I was 38, ...