I've been given a written offer from Amazon which I gave my verbal acceptance. However, I haven't received any digital documents to sign. I asked the recruiter for the digital documents and he said it's pending and will be slower since my start date is a few months out. Is this normal? I understand it's at will employment but I'm kind of worried that nothing has been done to make it official on their end.
I can't help you because I don't know. But Amazon HR is the worst.
I had similar experience. In my case, they immediately kicked off my background check, immigration process etc. This is just after verbal acceptance, never had anything to sign
Did you start already? Or waiting for your start date?
No, my transfer is still in progress
^ I think that's the norm nowadays. An email acceptance of the offer seems to be sufficient
It’s normal, once you accepted over the Mail, they assumes you are joined, rest action will he taken on your first day
if so, just continue interview around.
location?
No this isn’t normal...(sorry for the long response. Ha) Did the recruiter follow up with an email stating that the digital documents will be delayed due to a late start date? If not, I encourage you to send a follow up email. “I’m excited about the position and look forward to joining the team in August (?). One quick question: When can I expect to receive the offer letter? I’d like to review it and understand the timeline in which I need to make my decision.” ..something like that. You want to get an something in writing stating that you have the job, but offer letter is delayed due to start date... If they still won’t send you something, you may want to reconsider.
Hey thanks for the response. This is what happened: I emailed the recruiter again and he said the system can't generate the digital documents for signing until 60 days from my start date. I'm still currently 3+ months out since I want to pick up my annual bonus before quitting. He sent me another copy of my offer letter with the offer deadline set to my start date. He said for peace of mind, I can sign the offer letter, scan it, and send it back to him but there's really no need.
The “60 day” out policy is strange and I bet it frustrates the recruiter, but you should be good to go. Congrats on your new position!!
It's been over a week since I gave my verbal acceptance and I have already turned down other offers. In my past experience, digital documents come almost immediately because recruiters want to lock you down.
You need to decide what you want to do. Do you treat it as if there is no offer since they haven’t provided one and go with another company? Or do you tell the recruiter that the lack of digital documents makes you nervous and that you want it so you can be done with interviews?
They sent me a pdf with a written offer and told me there will be a digital document to sign like docusign.