A senior employee at Amazon reportedly took advantage of the working conditions to negotiate the maximum salary with minimal work. After being let go from Google, he moved to Amazon. There, he shares how little he did for the company and how he received almost 330,000 euros in salary for it.
How little did the employee accomplish? The employee started at Amazon as a Senior Technical Program Manager about 1.5 years ago, and so far, it seems his tactic has not been discovered. He applied to Amazon with the intention of “doing nothing” and getting paid until he is caught and fired (via X).
- His current work routine consists of denying other teams who want to integrate into his team. Alternatively, he leaves them with 95% of the integration work.
- According to his own statement, he only works eight hours per week. Most of the time, he would spend the time in meetings.
- He has 0 Kingpin Goals. This is the system with which Amazon defines goals for its employees.
- In the 1.5 years, he reportedly only processed seven tickets that came to him.
- For an automated dashboard, he allegedly only took three days to create it with the help of ChatGPT. In contrast, he told Amazon that he invested three months in the project.
For all his “work” that he has done in the 1.5 years, he reportedly received a proud salary of 330,706 euros in his senior position. The post has now been deleted (via teamblind.com).
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Divided Opinion on Exploiting Working Conditions
What do other users think about it? In the comments, several users find such behavior acceptable. X user Olua_AO writes that people who only work two hours a day and get paid for eight (which gives them enough time for their personal lives) are the winners in life.
DracoThinks believes that one should “exploit the exploit” if the game is “manipulated.” Thus, he supports what the employee revealed to the public. By exploiting, the senior manager would at least not be the only one, as many employees exploit a trick to work as much as possible from home.
However, there are also some voices that disapprove of the behavior. User HapiiHD writes that people like the employee in the following example are the reason why such mass layoffs exist at all. Moreover, they are paid far too well.
User TheMonkDev adds that such people would diminish the work of honest employees who just want to work and earn money.
The corporate giant also has to carry out layoffs of several employees. Amazon laid off numerous employees in its gaming division last year as the company wanted to restructure: Amazon Games lays off more than 180 employees – How does this affect MMORPGs?
