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Maybe this is true for many parts of Amazon culture, but the big factor recently is that the RTO mandate is company-wide. With very few exceptions, it doesn't matter what org you're in, RTO affects you, and can have a drastic change on the entire company's culture.

Every big enough company, is, for those not on the c-suite, a collection of 1000s of different companies with a single HR department.

> which org you end up in counts for everything

maybe... then maybe it's time to name those orgs instead of just weaving their legendarium web...

It’s great to win, until you lose.

And it's also annoying to argue that "it's a mixed bag" is not an excuse for Amazon being in general or on average a huge step worse in terms of work life balance and pleasantness. You are much more likely to end up in a more excruciating role than the average software co.

Amazon will always eventually Amazon.