Covid has compounded the impression that while Microsoft is often more enlightened, Amazon is harder driving and more old school. “People can be wooed away by other companies," said an Amazon software engineer who requested anonymity. One financial analyst whose Amazon work was linked to a fulfillment centre, Grigory Lukin, left in May, because he said Amazon wanted him back there and he couldn’t face the commute. A Microsoft study found that 73% of 30,000 people in 31 countries want flexible, remote work to stay. I didn’t know what I was missing.’"The rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft isn’t new: Both consider themselves workplace pioneers.

Source: Mint July 04, 2021 16:41 UTC