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> When I was there a guy jumped off a building because they wouldn't let him switch off a toxic team

I mean, they would have let him leave the company, right? It seems unreasonable to blame Amazon for this guy’s tragic decision, since any reasonable person would have taken a more reasonable exit.

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This seems a little cold to me. The fact that there’s an environment at amazon that leads someone to kill themself by jumping off a building doesn’t lead me to think “oh a more reasonable person would’ve left the company.” There’s plenty of other things wrong about the article. This true story was not one of them.

I didn't read the article. But to think that a more reasonable person would have left the company is exactly you should think. If someone jumps off a building due to not being able to join their team of choice then there's a lot...a lot, more going on than job issues. They needed help that they unfortunately never received.

You’re not thinking about any number of reasons that could have ruled that out in his mind.

Top of the list? Visa problems.

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