Ex-Amazon staffers say ‘frugal’ company made them split bagels at meetings

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Two other workers grumbled that boxes of cereal were removed from Amazon’s office kitchens because they “didn’t represent a frugal mindset,” according to Insider’s report.

Ex-Amazon employees are commiserating about their experiences at the “frugal” tech giant – with one describing how workers were forced to split bagels at office gatherings due to budget limitations.

Bagels weren’t the only breakfast item in short supply at Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos is currently the world’s fourth-richest person, with a. Two other workers grumbled in the thread that boxes of cereal were removed from Amazon’s office kitchens because they “didn’t represent a frugal mindset,” according to Insider’s report.

Ex-Amazon staffers also described difficulty obtaining tech gear and office supplies – with one worker complaining that product managers would have to push back in order to receive an Apple MacBook instead of the Windows laptops provided by default.“I found it ridiculous because there’s no joy in Windows laptops and when there’s no joy, no creativity happens and when there’s no creativity, what’s a PM’s worth?” the staffer wrote.

 

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So you’re telling me these people come in the morning and there’s breakfast for them? WTH and they’re complaining about the one time there wasn’t enough bagels?

Lol

Humbling experience, for sure!

to be fair, receptionist could lose a couple

But each team member received two...

Amazon pee bottles

The humanity.

The problem with bagels at work is that there's no toaster there. You're gonna microwave it and put cream cheese on it? It's like eating a warm sponge.

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