Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career

by Kristi Coulter

“It takes a while to figure this place out,” he says, and I laugh because uh, yeah. “It’s just interesting,” I say. “Because I took the job with the mandate to solve editorial problems, and then I got here and realized they were actually operational problems. And now I’m starting to think, no, they’re cultural problems.” George’s tight, angry smile is back. “Welcome to Amazon,” he says.