Amazon vacation policy for wedding
I'm joining amazon in a week. I've my wedding planned for this year end. I won't have accrued enough holidays as I would need 3 weeks for the wedding. Do you guys know if I can borrow vacation from next year? Also should I tell about this before joining or after I join in a month? In general, how many days have you taken off for wedding?
Tell manager now theyâll work it out for you sort of like a post-negotiation
Tell them before joining; Im joining next month and already have a 2 week vacation planned for June and they didnât have an issue with it. As for borrowing time canât help there
Did they approve it as unpaid since youâd not have accrued enough hours by the ?
Talk to your manager. I bet they will solve this for you. I know I would. I will cut anyone slack for something like this. I just tell people to make it a one off and don't get married twice đ
I'm worried how my new manager will think about the vacation even before joining. Does it seem bad from manager's perspective?
If youâre manager decides to rescind because youâre getting married in 8 months and want to take some time off itâs definitely a team that you donât want to join
Whatever you need please discuss before joining. You will be amazed how many things they will agree to get you in the door
Not to be cynical but if you really plan on taking the three weeks so soon in your Amazon career you might as well start looking for a new job now. Your manager may be polite about it at first but when your first year review comes around donât expect glowing accolades (if you make it that far). Spoiler alert: no matter what job you have at Amazon your manager has been told to load you up with enough work and expectation to result in 60-70 hours of work per week. Vacation is frowned upon.
This is not true. I am in the same position and I have asked my manager for 3 weeks which he was ok with. Also review is for the entire year and a mere 3 weeks vacation wouldn't affect it much. Also the OP is taking a break towards the end of the year which is sufficient time to proved his/her mettle. As a guidance I would suggest the OP to take on some important assignments and try to be in the best terms with the manager. Marriage happens once in life (at least for most Indians ;)) so enjoy it
I completely disagree. As a leader at Amazon I would not have an issue with a new hire telling me before starting about a planned wedding. I would not, and I have not seen across my leadership team, discount an employee because he took 3 weeks off near the end of the year for a wedding. He has at least 8 months to contribute and deliver results. I also do not look for ways to load my team up with 60+ hours of work every week. I look at our deadlines, what work we've committed and then determine with them our capacity to reasonably deliver. I'm not saying there are not teams that this would happen at Amazon, but I would say that's probably true with some teams in any large company. However my experience is that what you describe is not the absolute norm of Amazon.
I'm sure your manager can do the needful
Should nt be a problem. Just give enough notice to your manager. Telling now is not absolutely necessary and is only your preference
Bake it into your offer.
Are you going back to India for it?
Yes