[natalyarostova]

They stopped being able to hire seniors easily. So I quit, because working with 8 people 1 year out of college, and myself with 7 years exp, was awful.

[hbosch]

In my opinion, "bar raisers" often impede the hiring of candidates who could be good senior level employees.

[natalyarostova]

After doing 5 years of interviews, I think part of the issue is Amazon doesn’t really do onboarding, so everyone is scared of making an L6 offer, because the new hire is expected to perform equal to an L6 who has already been at Amazon for years, on day 1.

[backoncemore]

Not to mention the absolutely ridiculous amount of grilling over leadership principles.