On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)

[matheweis]

Wow, I've always heard terrible things about Amazon burning their employees into the ground, but this sounds like the opposite. Kudos for trying something different.

[Terr_ → matheweis]

Maybe I'm too cynical, but the first thing that came to mind for me was: "Just few-enough hours that employees have no benefits."

[apr → Terr_]

The magic number for the benefits cut-off is 20 hours/week.

[Terr_ → apr]

I'm not sure what you're referring to -- Amazon policy? -- but the usual critical-point is 30 hours, for full-vs-part-time legislation and stuff like the ACA.

https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/full-time-employee/

[dvarga → Terr_]

We meet that definition of full-time employee and everyone on the team gets full benefits.

[namelezz → matheweis]

Wait until you ask your interviewers about on call rotation.

[dvarga → namelezz]

It's definitely something we're watching carefully. On-call is still a thing on these teams, but we think there are ways to keep the burden low.

[dvarga → matheweis]

Thanks! We're excited to pilot this program and make it successful.