i've met a few people that work for amazon. they're all idiots. the whole deal at amazon is churning the workforce and virtually no one there gets that even though it's transparently obvious. you get in, they work you like crazy they give you one raise and then they set you up to be fired and you get to do it all over again. you cannot get ahead at amazon by working hard and being fast, because everyone else is doing the same thing you are. and they're just not going to pay you more when they can instead get you to work for the (false) possibility that they'll pay you more in the future.