Former Amazon employees complain about the "frugal" culture: the team has only one computer monitor

Beijing time on September 16 news, In the US media obtained internal e-mail, More than 20 Amazon former employees who jumped to Google to work complained about the former company pervading "frugality" culture, For example, project managers only get "unqualified Windows laptop," The whole team has only one computer monitor and so on.

Frugality is part of Amazon's culture and is one of the company's 16 leadership principles for making business decisions. A former employee who left in 2020 said in an email that his team had only one computer monitor. To apply for a second monitor, Amazon employees hire summer interns to "save the curve."

Other employees said they would build friendships with office supplies employees so they could borrow an extra laptop charger.

This frugality is not limited to work equipment. Amazon removed cereal from employees 'office kitchens and told them it "doesn't represent a frugal mindset," but Amazon's own ready-to-eat noodles cost more than its nearby stores.

Employees also revealed that they were forced to share a bagel at meetings because of budget constraints and limited orders.