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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I say this is only ok because he did that in amazon. Fuck amazon

If ge did that in a medium-or-less sized company that would be a really shitty move.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

In a small company noone would try to label you "l5" or "l6" and probably an actual human would make your comp decision. You take the byzantine incentive structure away and people just try to do a good job.