A Dozen Grueling Years At Amazon — With Kristi Coulter

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Kristi Coulter worked at Amazon for twelve years and is the author of the new book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the state of Amazon today: What is it? Who should be leading it? Where's the culture going? Then, she discusses her experience at the company, which she details in depth in the book. We talk about the paranoia within the company, the difficulty Amazon employees have switching jobs, why she stayed, and everything she wishes could've said at the exit interview that never happened. ---- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	A 12-year Amazon veteran with a new revealing book comes on to talk to us about the company's
0:06.4	culture and its future. All that and more coming up right after this.
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0:35.5	Hey, I'm Gianna Predente.
0:37.2	And I'm Jemate Jackson-Gadston.
0:38.9	We're the host of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and IHart Podcasts.
0:42.6	There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career.
0:45.3	That's where we come in.
0:46.5	Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice.
0:49.5	And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert
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1:04.1	Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
1:07.0	LinkedIn Presents. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.
1:16.8	We are joined by Christy Coulter today. She's a 12-year Amazon veteran and the author of Exit Interview,
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