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The VP in charge of Amazon's ecommerce technology services has taken a sudden leave of absence. Sukumar Rathnam, an Amazon VP who was formerly Uber's chief technology officer, is taking a sudden leave of absence, Insider has learned. Rathnam was most recently VP of eCommerce services at Amazon, overseeing the retail giant's backend technology. It was his second stint at Amazon, after having spent almost 10 years in a retail VP role previously. Many Amazon employees voiced their opposition to RTO over the past 6 months, both publicly and privately, sparking an internal petition and a public walkout.
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Amazon created a new team called "Amazon Software Builder Experience," leaked documents show. Amazon software engineers are so frustrated by bureaucratic inefficiencies that the company has created a secret new team to address their concerns. Earlier this year, Amazon formed the "Amazon Software Builder Experience" group with the ambitious goal of turning the internet giant into "Earth's best employer for software builders," according to internal documents obtained by Insider. "The Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) organization was created to singularly focus on improving the experience of software builders across Amazon," one of the documents states. One of the slides presented during the speech, obtained by Insider, shows mounting frustrations among Amazon engineers.
After 28 years, 'Day 2' finally arrives at Amazon
  + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Amazon is known for "Day 1" culture, maintaining a nimble mindset found on a startup's first day. This is a big challenge facing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who replaced founder Jeff Bezos last year. On May 26, Amazon retail CEO Dave Clark held a fireside chat with employees at an internal event called Fishbowl. But 28 years on, Day 2 has finally arrived, according to more than a dozen current and former Amazon employees who cited problems including a stodgy engineering culture, extra management layers, and rising red tape. "Historically Amazon was one of the best places for builders, but now when people want to build, they leave Amazon," this person said.
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