Any current/ former Amazon employees have advice for future (Amazon) employees a little jarred by this and uncertain about their standing coming in?

I’d imagine for the less senior folks it also might be hard to initially get a read of the room when everything’s new and potentially remote.

On a side note, I recently spoke with several non-dev friends (sales, finance, etc.) about the idea of URAs and they made it sound the norm in their worlds. Honest question: Could it be just especially shocking for those of us potentially accustomed to “cushy” tech jobs.