The pioneer of e-commerce, cloud computing, or even the Kindle e-book reader, has a passion for writing. The walls of the premises of its independent subsidiary, Amazon Web Services (AWS), are equipped with many tables where people can write, draw, count, … Everything is possible, except the Power Point! Employees are also becoming artists with the time of a work of art to take ownership of their new spaces of work, they had to choose a totem animal and draw it.
“We had a great time”, remember Stephan Hadinger, chief technical officer, and Boris Lecoeur, head of business digital native. The first has chosen the legendary Snoopy, remnants of childhood, perhaps… The second has opted for the unicorn, in reference to the start-up of the AWS accompanies at Station F. The newcomers need, finally, to submit to a paint shop to coat the hand of bright colors in order to leave their mark on a wall dedicated to them. Activities that are fun, but all in all, traditional.
spoor of hands filed by employees of AWS to their arrival. FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro animal totem drawn by the employees of AWS. FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro
so far, the Amazon subsidiary does not abandon its appetite for new technologies. Works of art that are connected, which react in the face of emotions are available to the teams. In the same way as mirrors capable of analyzing the language of signs and to transpose it directly in the text. “This tool has been carried out in two-three days by one of our partners then that he knew nothing of the artificial intelligence”, stressed the two leaders.
The automatic distributor of computer accessories of AWS.
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The equipment of the working spaces of employees are also ultra-connected. Offices in a modular snap of the fingers to meeting rooms hyper advanced through an automatic distributor of computer accessories employees: employees are not likely to forget that they work for the giant of e-commerce!
In the end, what they prefer, this is the great space of life where they interact with one another, and meet for lunch. “We want to avoid that the employees eat at their desks”, stated Stephan Hadinger and Boris Lecoeur.
The place where the teams AWS get together for lunch.
FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro The work spaces connected and scalable AWS. FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro’s Third move in 12 years
Since his arrival in France in 2006, AWS is now in its third move in the capital. The subsidiary has set his sights on the la Defense business district in July 2017. It puts the customer at the heart of its concerns up to him to allocate a space in its new premises. “The customer now has a dedicated space and no longer has to find it by default in the middle spaces of the staff, explained Stephan Hadinger and Boris Lecoeur. The comfort is better and the transport are more accessible. Customers come most gladly here.”
Free to access and flexible, these areas are suitable at the discretion of the events organised and the number of guests expected. The fourteen values that constitute the culture of Amazon are set around a bit. A Eiffel Tower miniature is taken in the paws of a gigantic gorilla similar to King Kong. This monster of fiction is the bearer of a value flagship Amazon: “Think Big”. Everyone, at AWS, must “think big” in creating new ideas and finding solutions to complex problems.
In the foreground: the Eiffel tower miniature and King-Kong bearing the words “thing big”. FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro
The growth of the subsidiary and its desire to get closer to its customers therefore have pushed to drop his bags on two floors of the Tower Carpe Diem can accommodate up to 270 employees. “Our customers can use our services independently, specify Stephan Hadingter and Boris Lecoeur, but it is better if we can accompany locally.” In this respect, the offices of the AWS have also opened in Lyon and Toulouse. Looks like Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, “it is always the first day”, and especially when it comes to daily maintenance of a good relationship with the customers!
The entrance hall of the offices of Amazon Web Services. FRANCOIS CAP/François Bouchon / Le Figaro
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