I Quit My Job At Amazon - 5 Reasons You Should Quit Too!
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
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It's true that I quit my job at Amazon without a backup plan. I chose to quit my high paying tech job from Amazon once I learned these 5 lessons, and they are 5 reasons you should quit too. The pandemic was an eye opener that made me take a long look at my career. I genuinely hope that my story inspires you to take note of your career and verify the temperature of your pot of water. Slaving away in the corporate world takes a toll, and you need to make yourself a priority. Second chances do not exist, so be present in life, and make time for yourself and your family.
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Fellow Amazonian here (corporate). I'm resigning tomorrow - this video helped me make peace with the decision (though the decision-making process was months long). It's both scary and exciting, but everything you mentioned here resonated so much with me! It's time, after nearly 8 years. I'm 30, single, living within my means with financial comfort, and ready to move into a season of life where I can pursue self-employment and freedom - ultimately with the goal of being a work-from-home, stay-at-home mom long-term (if God blesses me with a husband and kids someday) or simply just being a single woman with freedom! That path isn't necessarily celebrated in society, but after seeing what society/the world has to offer, not all that glitters is gold. I've checked the box for "hanging in there" and "paying my dues" in a corporate job at Amazon, and it's time for a new season and new way of life. Thank you for the encouraging and affirming video! Spot on.
Wow! Thank you for such a great note. So how did the resignation go? 8 years..... That's a lot of baggage to unpack. I'd love to hear more about how your journey goes after you've been away for a few months. My email is in the description of the video if you ever have questions, or want to share more about how it went. Good for you for making that positive life changing decision. Any job after Amazon feels like a vacation. 😆
Thank you! Right now, I feel numb. I think it's exactly as you put it - so much to unpack. I would love to chat and definitely will reach out, would be great to compare notes!
Thank you for sharing this awesome video, Amazon is the worst organization (re-affirming this as an ex-Amazonian).
No doubt!
I really enjoyed your video. When I finished it, I called down my 12 year old to watch it, because I thought you made the perils of corporate America understandable and relatable. It generated a lot of questions from her and so enjoyed the conversation with her. I’m glad I had the epiphany a few years back that life (especially family) is more important than work.
You just made my day with this comment! I don't regret my path, but I wish I would have taken more chances on myself rather than making billions of dollars for others. Good for you figuring out your priorities and what means the most to you. Not everyone that watches it grasps the meaning behind my intent. Thank you again for the compliment. Brian
Great parenting
Great video!!!! I was corporate for 25 years before I woke up. Your daughters will be proud and thankful!
Hi Monica! Thank you so much for the comment. Seeing as how I'm home now with the kids over the summer, we all love it! Glad you enjoyed the video and that you can relate to the experience. Thanks again, Brian.
YOU NAILED IT- I retired this year at 48- All self earned- I WAS MAKING A TON OF MONEY for a great KNOWN company but I was becoming that Frog as well, I did not like who I became at all. My mother also died young at 55 and never retired. GREAT CONTENT
Thanks so much for the note. A lot of passion went into this video, those of you who can relate find the most value from it. Great work retiring in your 40s! It sounds like you put the right priorities in place.
Great video that speaks to the heart of what I had been dealing with for the last 14 years of my career in IT middle management. 2 years ago, I had to ask myself why am I still doing this. I was able to retire and my quality of life improved greatly. I was able to focus on my family, health, and just really take life in. I was caught up in the "one more year" syndrome for several years of thinking my portfolio will be bigger if I just stay one more year. I finally had to accept that if I kept doing that the quantity and quality of my life would likely not be long or good. Again, great video. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you so much for the comment. Sounds like you related to quite a bit of the video. It's so difficult to explain to people that haven't been in a similar situation. Thanks again for the comment, and I hope my future content gives you value.
“You need to be present to win”!!!!
Hard lesson learned on my part. Thanks for the comment! Brian.
It can't be said any better than this, for some it's a hard reality to find this concept at old age and for the ones that are on time to realize that life is short and enjoy it at best is a blessing, thanks.
Thanks for the comment Juan. This is a hard reality for anyone to come to terms with. It shouldn't, but balancing true priorities in life against career goals can sometimes be "muddy". Thanks again for the comment. Brian
Incredibly proud of you for sharing your knowledge with others. Great lessons to learn for life and work
I appreciate that!
Thanks for sharing the inspiring message.
Great video, Brian! Reminds me of the days of school and playing golf. My wife and I did something similar. Sold our house in Boise, she left HP and I left the scrum meetings and sprints and we bought a motel in Merrill, OR. Much slower and more peaceful lifestyle. Good luck with the channel and I will be tuning in!
Golf, Hot wings, and an Irish jig. Looks like I need to make a trip to Oregon!
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Absolutely great video Brian. Your sharing has totally echo what I'm going through recently - at the of the day, loyalty to a company is totally bullshit! There is so much your video & experience that I'll need to rewatch and digest and I'm sure that will help me endeavoring my future.
Thank you for the compliment Ben! I'm glad that the video resonated with you. Yes...please do watch it many times :-). Seriously, I am glad that it is something relatable to you. Sometimes having a similar experience helps remind us that we are thinking clearly and that we all have options. Thanks again for the comment! Brian
You have always been the most genuine person I've known, you are a great example of how to always be bettering yourself and learning along the way. I look forward to all the content you will bring to this new adventure! Cheers Buddy!
Dan! You are too kind. Thank you sir. I appreciate your kind words and your support! I hope my content keeps you entertained. If not, feel free to give me feedback😀
Great video Brian! I'm glad I broke out of those retail days! Enjoying my time with the fam and doing some fashion blogging! Happy you are doing well! I look forward to more videos!
Thank you so much! You're smarter than me Liz! Good for you. Strangely enough, when I was at Amazon I was in fashion the first two years. Variations are such a nightmare :-)
Thank you for sharing ! amazing video ! inspiring !
Thank you so much for the comment. Definitely put a lot of passion and hard work into that video. Thanks again for a wonderful comment
I love this video, so relatable.
Hi Brian, I wish I had found your channel 10 years ago. What sets your channel apart is the downloadable information. I just wanted to say thank you for the information and please keep up with the research and please share with us. It is almost a gift for those who cannot afford to pay for all the subscription and the comparison data. Please keep sharing!
Absolutely. Thanks so much for your comments. And I love how you recognize that I pay for a lot of services giving access to a lot of resources. That I constantly try to share without breaking the rules. Glad you find the data useful. Makes my day!
Thank you Brian for sharing your career experiences. Great video, very authentic and can relate to what I have been going through in my 25+ years of IT/Software career.
After 25 plus years, I'm absolutely certain that you can relate to many of my points of view in this video. Congrats to you for staying strong and keeping up. I genuinely hope that you are able to retire soon so you can enjoy all that you've worked for.
Love this and can relate. Congratulations on making the difficult but right decision.
Thank you, it was definitely a passion project for my first video. I have no regrets of hanging up the corporate life.
Wow, such a powerful video. I can attest to everything you said. I want to share that I am with my company for 30 years now, so your point about loyalty was hard to fathom.
I am also close to quitting my job/company after close to 30 years, I work for a huge corporate company and given my everything for the "3% per year" annual increase and many years, this was barely enough to cover inflation. We were not even lucky to get any equity plans as it is a private company. I have finally realised this is not a good situation for me and my family.
I am in the searching phase now, where I can use everything I have gained in the last 30 years and maximise my potential, and your video was very inspirational. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the note. It sounds like a very similar experience that you have on your hands. I genuinely hope that much better option falls in your lap, and they treat you with all the respect you deserve.
Thank you for this inspiring message!
You are so welcome! My heart and soul went into this
It’s always Day 1 brother !!! But somehow I now feel that my days are numbered here too!!
Thanks so much for the comment. Even when you leave Amazon everyday is day one. But whether you stay with Amazon or take a different path, it's still a fantastic Journey. Thanks again for the comment
Thank you for sharing this! In college I was very obsessed with getting the “cool elite jobs” like other kids and tried to get into banking, but after much soul searching existential crisis and a horrible experience at an internship I realized how much I hated it and I am much happier as a PhD student 🎉
Thank you so much for your comment! The "cool elite" jobs aren't what they are cracked up to be (purely opinion). Glad your soul searching has lead you to a happier path. But that's the great thing with paths, you can always pick a new one if you are willing. Thanks again for the comment. Brian
Are you PhD in archaeology? You delayed a few years to join the rat race!
@@Trust_but_Verify just a minor in archeology. But as you can tell, it's a bit "outdated".
Really nice to know you Brian! Appreciate your willingness to share your success story & helping others. Definitely feel as a millennial things have become difficult & we all need to review our corporate America career
I appreciate your note. Corporate jobs seem great from afar, but they aren't as safe as maybe they once were for our parents.
I have seen a lot of your recent AI videos... but this video does put a lot of things into perspective. Thank you.
Thanks. This was my passion project that started it all. I have no regrets, and I've spoken with a lot of people that can relate. Life is too short to waste it.
Love the honesty. I quit Corporate America in my 40s and have ever since worked for myself. My motivation to succeed is the fear of having to work for Corporate America again. I just retired from my own successful business.
You're smart for figuring out what you can tolerate early on. Congrats on retirement! Thanks for the comment.
What a great example of how corporate America squashes the life out of you! I worked in it for 14 years and it was probably 9 years too long, I discovered franchise business ownership where I could drive my own destiny and rapidly began to build equity in myself! Now I'm launching the largest pet wellness brand in the country in Pet Evolution! Would love to attract people with your caliber of talent to invest for themselves, in themselves!
Thank you for the comment! Even though you were in the rat race for 14 years, you still seemed to figure out a better path quicker than most. Congrats on investing in yourself and taking the risk. Best of luck to you and your pet wellness brand of Pet Evolution. Brian
Wow Brian! Absolutely amazing video that has completely hit home with me. I've been in healthcare (surgical RN) for almost 30 years and the similarities to your corporate experience are very similar. I too lost my mother when she was young (66), and just lost my father to a horrible disease (Parkinson's). I am currently in the phase of retiring early at the age of 51 and found your channel. Your financial advice is appreciated. Cheers!
Thank you for the comment! I think there are a lot of careers that can share in the similarities. My wife is also in the medical field (NP) and I was shocked at how political and corporate the medical areas can be. That's great news that your are retiring early (CONGRATS!!!!). I hope that I continue to provide you value with my content. Thank you again for the comment.
Loved this!! Can’t stop watching these! Can’t wait to share more with friends!!
And OMG - I was once a frog in a boiling pot, and I am so glad I finally jumped out!!!
You're the best! And please do.
If anyone could relate, I figured it would be you :-)
Thanks for sharing your experience 💗
My pleasure 😊
wow just found your channel and let me tell what a first video...just amazing and i totally agree with you on being present.....thanks for sharing your experience in finance...we all need some more finance education...
Thank you so much! I hope that my other videos provide you just as much value. A lot of passion went into this first one. 😀
Wow!! Now I get it. Thanks Brian!
Thanks for the comment. Lots of passion went into that video. Seems like an eternity ago at this point. Still happens to be one of my best decisions to quit.
Best of luck to you on your CZcams endeavors. I know a quality channel when I see one, so I subscribed...immediately.
Wow, thank you! I'm learning as I go, and I appreciate the vote of confidence.
Love the Buc-ees sticker on the laptop!
It's a staple.....so it had to be on there.
great video!!!
Thank you!!
Hey! Past Target co-worker here from your up & up days. So great to see you out there and killing it! Let me know if you are ever back in the Minneapolis area - it would be really fun to grab a beer and catch up! Maybe we could grab Cj or Tom if it is around the holidays.
Neal! I'll definitely give you a shout out. We need to grab a beer. If you can, reach out at BWB.Consulting99@gmail.com
Excellent description of life at Amazon. Hard to believe unless you have been there.
So true. Are you still there, or past alumni?
I left a few years ago. I found a better balance elsewhere. Great company in many aspects but your manager could destroy your life. Reporting to a L10 as a new hire was bit too rough for me
I watched this video expecting to find some relatable experiences.
But fortunately for me, I can honestly say that my career at Microsoft was very much the opposite experience of Brian's at Target & Amazon.
Now I can see better how retiring early could be such an imperative for some.
Perhaps better than to regularly jump across positions/companies, ever chasing that corner office or salary bump, is to find a job/career which amounts to a personally rewarding creative outlet (engineering, in my case) and stick with it. ...
And wisely invest your salary, of course.
Thank you for sharing your story. It was very impactful!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment.
Good life story. I subscribed to your channel. I'm brazilian, and I am a stock market investor too.
Fantastic, glad to have you on board.
Wish you the best in life and soon recovery to ur mother.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
You had me at Meat Raffle :)
You win the best comment of the year! Thank you.
I think you made the best decision to quit Amazon. My son was there for 5 months and was let go. He went through exactly what you went through in 5 years, except for him it was 5 months. He was mentally on the edge and had to go through months of therapy. It was a big relief to leave Amazon. They are bloodsuckers and their culture is not sustainable.
It's sad that he had to go through that, but I agree with your assessment.
I can tell you this is probably true of all privately held companies. I used to work at Salesforce for three years and had six different managers went through. The sixth one was a mental case and I reported him to the HR to no effect. Since then, I went through number of smaller companies and eventually covid hit and have been working at home past 3 years.
Hi Sang! I've heard some bad things from people that have worked at Salesforce. I'm sure you are much better for having moved on. It's funny to see so many people that aspire to be at some of the big tech companies, but they have no clue how dysfunctional they can be. There's a reason the pay is high, because the expectations are ridiculous, and they can't keep good talent. Thanks for the comment!
Poignant. 🖖🏽
Thanks for the comment, and I agree.
It's a lot easier to quit a 350,000.00 job than it is to quit a 40,000.00 job. Doing so often means no food on the table NEXT WEEK, and no roof over your head NEXT MONTH.
Hi Alan. I understand. When I first started in the military my pay was about $8,000 a year and I couldn't afford much of anything. However, I did build up my skills and education to where I could quit one job to be hired on for more pay in another. I don't recommend that anyone quit their job without a plan, or at least having an emergency fund to support themselves for such a major life change. In either case, it requires a plan. The point of my video was that even though my compensation was high, it wasn't worth missing out on life and my family. I chose my family over money, and my definition of "success" had changed. I plan to make a few videos about business ideas and side hustles to help more people find ways to make money to supplement their $40,000 jobs or even make enough to quit their $40,000 jobs for their own business/side hustle. Thanks for the comment, Brian.
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Almost 11 years here... not gonna comment lol.....
Oh....that's amazing. Good for you!
Why were u unable to be honest with people when they interviewed while you were there. Sounds like u, prioritized the paycheck over your integrity to a certain extent. Agree or disagree?
Completely disagree. You have to be honest with yourself first. When you work at Amazon, you feel like you aren't good enough, and many try to convince themselves it will get better. I've never been in abusive relationship, but I've had co-workers that referenced working there to being in that type of relationship where you are fearful of losing your job, fearful of being seen as a failure among family and friends, and then there are the ups and the downs. It's impossible to fully understand unless you've experienced it firsthand. I wasn't "unable to be honest" with interviewees. I was as honest as I could be in that moment, but my reality was also warped and skewed, where you don't fully grasp that until you've left Amazon. A point I tried to make in the video. Which goes back to my analogy of cooking a frog in a pot of water that is slowly increased to a boil. No, I can't say I prioritized the paycheck over integrity, in any way. If I did prioritize pay over everything else, I would still be there after knowing all that I know now.
@@BusinessWithBrian thx for your reply. The culture is very hard to understand for an outsider. I work in healthcare as a surgery nurse and we are the most trusted profession. I tell fellow nurses exactly how the culture is when they interview so I was coming from that perspective. It’s just hard to relate to. I feel in my profession at a very large hospital that if there was all that backstabbing, gossip, relentlessness I would just pack my bags and get on to the next hospital with no issues. I have had some shitty jobs but as a 40 year old, nearly financially independent man I would never let myself be in a abusive relationship. The financial position I’m in affords that kind of attitude. Also my ego is not tied up into my work.
Brian, thank you. As a fellow Amazonian myself (6+yrs tenure), this video resonated in more ways that I can succinctly describe. I’ve been watching your (excellent) investments related content for a while and learned tons from you on that front. But it was this particular video of yours that “taught” me some of the more profound and invaluable life lessons so far. Thanks for putting this out there, and for sharing your honest perspective on what it truly is like to navigate (endure/survive) those bruising “Day1s” past the coveted “5yr golden badge” mark. Thanks again, @gornallb! Would love to connect 1:1 one of these days.
Thanks so much for the comment. As I mentioned on LinkedIn, having hit 6 years is an impressive accomplishment. You should revel in the fact that you are part of a very elite team. Thanks so much for the comments, and email.