Ask for a friend. The team and manager seem to want her out after the disclosure of pregnancy. Anyone in faang had similar experience? How did it turn out? Is any company lawyer besides normal hr involved? Thanks
But the manager did send out multiple emails detailing how things are not done right like low quality and too much time etc
Amazon bastards can do that. Will be curious to see if it’s some other company
Agreed. Get a new job
Sounds like very unethical manager. I would start complaining to HR before manager does anything further so she has documents to back that up. If she starts doing it too late, they would argue that she was already a low performer. Also start talking with lawyer. Money is worth than stress affecting pregnancy and etc.
No point complaining to HR. Their loyalty is to Amazon first, then to the manager and lastly to the employee. Who do you think will win/lose if she goes to HR?
Better to have something than nothing. If she doesn’t even go to HR, she loses ground when things go south and starts fighting in court. HR may not do any but doing nothing leaves regrets and helplessness and so on. HR may not do any in many occasions but they do something. To protect the company, it is better to investigate and do something before someone goes to press or court. I understand your frustration but just like HR may not do anything, they may do something as well. Looking at the post from HR in blind, there is always a story to be heard from both sides.
It’s illegal to want her out because she became pregnant. Ask her to get her hands on Amazon’s employee handbook. I know that Amazon has an internal site that talks about company policy, performance evaluations and more. Ask her to take screenshots of those and save them for a potential lawsuit. If they fire her, she should contact a few employment attorneys. I know a few. PM me if required
FYI, any information collection should be done at home and saved to the cloud so you can access it anywhere and share it with a lawyer if required
I am pretty sure this is not amazon policy. My teammate WFH for almost 6 months during her pregnancy. Only thing which matters if you finish your work. This is manager specific and you should report to HR.
Seems illegal. Consult an attorney. HR works for the company, not you. Their goal is to cover the company's ass, not yours.
I have seen this happening. Also fee managers are very cunning, where they wait till the first year mark and then do the process. So they don't get caught as by law women are protected throughout pregnancy and for the first year after birth. Basically few industries who don't care much do these things. I understand it is tough to digest.
It’s only rational, I would do the same if I was a a manager. Why keep dead weight on your team?
Do you do this for a good performer on team if you are a manager? Isolating a team member just because she got pregnant is not right. I can take an example of a pregnant lady who put in longer days at work like from 9 30 to 7 in evening and giving all deliverables in time and going above the contributions of other team members. Atleast better than 50% of the rest of the team. I have also seen peer members in the team taking advantage during this time to put down the poor lady for no reason. The whole reason being she got pregnant and will be away for say 6 to 8 weeks for maternity leave.
If the friend is on PIP already then it’s too late. HR has been in the loop for a while and it’s all be documented. It’s not up to a single manager, there must be at least one previous employee low performance review to stand up to legal scrutiny.
Complain about bias to HR . It should scare them up. Document everything . Do it before it’s in pop so right away
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