My Last Day at Amazon

Last Thursday was my last day at Amazon. After merely eight weeks at the online retail giant, I packed up my things and left. Even though I had been looking forward to this day for a long time, when the time came to say goodbye, I was still a little nostalgic. It's really a shame that things didn't work out there.

I expected to just sneak out of there quietly, since I really hadn't been there long enough to know people well and make friends. So I was surprised when my manager treated my coworkers and I to a goodbye lunch for me. We went to this Japanese Fusion restaurant in the International District. In the middle of our lunch, we saw two employees who had just left our team for another team. My manager told them we were having a goodbye lunch for me and they look quite astonished. I believe one of them even said "Already?"

I had seen people at Motorola quit their jobs before. They would always make the rounds on their last day and say goodbye to everybody. In my case, I didn't think it was necessary for me to do that. First, it was kind of awkward that I was quitting after only a few weeks there. I think that sends a pretty clear message saying I don't like you to the rest of my team at Amazon. Second, I really didn't know anybody yet. So after lunch, I quickly packed up my stuff and sneaked out of the building.


Goodbye Amazon! Goodbye!