I actually was not comparing Google to Amazon here, apologies if you got that from my post. I was mostly responding to the parent, whose argument was that Google is so much more inexpensive than AWS because Google doesn't invest in support. My experience has been the opposite.
I am also not going to get into a discussion with an AWS employee about culture health between the two organizations. Both are trying to do it right for the customers, and both have unique challenges, regardless of the amount of coziness of their offices :)
It's unfair to paint Google as "out of touch" and "not customer focused", just like it is unfair to bring up horror stories about Amazon culture, especially if you're employed by a competitor.
Apologies, again, but are you an AWS employee? I don't want to inaccurately label you as such, but your posts hint at it.
Perhaps I read too much into something you didn't even mean to compare. Sorry about that. Thanks for clarifying statements and generally taking time to respond throughout the thread.
I am also not going to get into a discussion with an AWS employee about culture health between the two organizations. Both are trying to do it right for the customers, and both have unique challenges, regardless of the amount of coziness of their offices :)
It's unfair to paint Google as "out of touch" and "not customer focused", just like it is unfair to bring up horror stories about Amazon culture, especially if you're employed by a competitor.
Apologies, again, but are you an AWS employee? I don't want to inaccurately label you as such, but your posts hint at it.
(work at Google Cloud)