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- link “My wife was dying of brain cancer. My boss at Amazon told me to perform or quit.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit/
- Amazon Internal Transfer: How to know if a boss is good Hey I am recently considering internal transfer and have been talking to a couple of HMs. Three of them seem nice. But I understand a person can be nice but a terrible boss. How do I know for sure they are a good boss since they can basically determine your career and, in a large part, happiness.
- Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on a performance management plan https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/
- Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on a performance management plan https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/
- Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on a performance management plan https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/
- Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on a performance management plan https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/ Seriously! What's wrong with this company? On the other hand I'm wondering may be this is what other companies should be doing; I mean look at how successful they're! Ama
- My boss says pay and benefits are competitive with places like Walmart and Amazon Can someone help me find salaries and benefits for mid level UX researcher or product designer in these companies? Any CPG company data would also be nice.
- link My wife was dying of brain cancer. My boss at Amazon told me to perform or quit. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit/
- vote Is LinkedIn the BOSS TROLL for rating Amazon as best employer? Tc 240/ 6 yoe
- link My wife was dying of brain cancer. My boss at Amazon told me to perform or quit. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit/
- vote Bosses Don’t Follow Their Own RTO Advice… Bosses are hellbent on workers RTO. Why do bosses want workers back in the office while bosses continue to WFH? #RTO #google #amazon #meta #tech #returntooffice #on-site #hybrid
- How to interact with boss during coaching plan? While in coaching plan at Amazon, how should I interact with my boss? Fight all the time? Just play dumb? Comply to all ("yes, Mam")? Not show up to the 1:1? Write everything to HR and boss, especially when things look very unfair? Other? I have a gut feel she just want me out. #amazon #amazonbenef
- Amazon Laying Off en masse 2020 Amazon is advertising that they are hiring thousands of people in Seattle but quietly laying off loads of people to make room. It is a publicity stunt. I have 3 friends at Amazon from my previous teams all laid off the same way, all on 3 different teams. Now it is happening to me. This dark side of
- Is Amazon that bad? Have offer for Alexa, SDE II, no comp numbers yet. I hear that it's team dependent, but is the "fire or expire" mentality for bosses something that is everywhere? I'm on H1b trying to do GC so obviously this is a huge risk to leave my current Co (which I'm somewhat comfortable at). On the flip side
- Ah...When you've been Amazon'd and don't even know it "Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on a performance management plan" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/ #amazon
- Amazon thinks it's the best employer in the world https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-co
- Amazon is the best! Enough of all the BLiND BS about Amazon, Jeff the boss has spoken with data backed by LinkedIn. 😂 https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1511768194138054660?t=OGu6J6Ya504iyExQTvHcYA&s=19
- Hey Amazonia: Time to all ask your bosses about Pippage https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/
- Rate Meta Offer Currently Amazon L6. Boss said putting me up for L7 this year. TC ~450. Got a Meta offer at 490 TC Base 230 Target bonus 20% Sign on 50k RSU 800k I’m thinking this isn’t much more than L6 right now and definitely lower than L7. What’s peoples experience here? I have 15 YOE in HWE. Recruiter woul
- link MACKENZIE SCOTT Bezos' Ex-Wife Donates $1.7 BILLION TO CHARITY!!! https://apple.news/AER-Vl-5OQbeTNHhwOTPQQA Ex-wife of Jeff Bezos seems to be philanthropic unlike Amazon Boss ...
- link Amazon PIP story. May be old but I started crying. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit/
- link This is why we need more DEI https://www.advocate.com/business/2022/2/23/gay-ex-amazon-employee-claims-he-was-hit-female-boss-then-fired
- Is this still about Performance Improvement ? https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-tells-bosses-to-conceal-when-employees-are-on-a-performance-management-plan/
- Is it normal to have a pre-meet with your boss before your start date? Is it normal to have a pre-meet with your boss before your start date at Amazon? I have a call next week with my new manager but don’t start for another few weeks. What should I expect? TC: $200k
- link Is this all life is about in tech ? Really sad to read. I understand capitalism and all the associated competitiveness, but this article below shows a whole new level. https://apple.news/ALbrhtkROScK7zJls2rV4gA Alternate link : https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-t
- link Protest against Amazon!! Can we stop buying stuff from Amazon? Our tendency to buy stuff from the convenience of our coach is killing people. So indirectly you are responsible for killing people. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit
- Verifying employment I’m currently working at Amazon, but my boss has placed me on Focus. I’ve lined up other interviews, but the process can take some time. If I lose my job before landing another one, will that impact my ability to get a new job? Do companies check my current employment status before sending an offer?
- Employees Permanently Leaving Seattle Significant chunk of my team members are permanently leaving Seattle and still collecting Seattle pay checks. My boss working from Hawaii and org VP embraced WFH saying 'at best' we will be a hybrid org. Other team members permanently moved to cheaper states. Over 90% of amazon employees want WFH in
- Amazon WFH Equipment After back and forth for a month with my boss on home office equipment I was told that I am only approved for… Monitor: $300 Desk: $70 Chair: $100 Headphones: $30 Is this a joke or Amazon is this cheap to approve $70 for a desk. BTW where can you find a desk for $70. #wfh #remotework
- Weird PIP plan at amazon? Hi can someone tell how PIP actually work at amazon Could someone pls clarify how PIP works at amazon. My best friend has joined amazon few months ago. She has not even completed a year and her boss just sent an abrupt email to her asking her to come up with some measurable goals for improvement in few areas identified by the boss. And the boss gave
- Life after Amazon? I'm currently working at Amazon, have a decent job after escaping a horrible team, finally decent wlb, good coworkers , good boss, but I'm not doing what I want to do. I found an open position at another company doing exactly what I want to do, (mid size tech company, 1000-5000 employees, 1-10bil
- link Blind-esque #Amazon pip stories in the news Interesting that this is under “politics” on mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/my-wife-was-dying-of-brain-cancer-my-boss-at-amazon-told-me-to-perform-or-quit/
- vote Should I leave Amazon? My org is good, I like my boss. But I feel like I'm under paid and don't have room to grow, I'm basically just at a glass ceiling. Should I leave Amazon? L5 TC 250K YOE 12
- L5 QAE AWS YOE - 7 years (2+ at Amazon). Got TT this year - TC 200 (base 155). WLB sucks..I am being pulled in for a lot of unplanned work. Our Boss isn’t at all cooperative and is full of lies (not trust worthy). Would this be a good time to plan and move within Amazon to a different team or to other FAANG p
- Can an EM report to someone at the same level at FANG? Can a L6 report to another L6 at Google/Amazon or a M1 to another M1 at FB? Seems like the boss in this scenario won’t be incentivized to help their report grow? Will they see them as a threat?
- Shadow PIP "Amazon instructs managers not to tell office employees that they are on a formal performance-management plan that puts their job in jeopardy unless the employee explicitly asks, according to guidance from an Amazon intranet page for managers." Welcome to ShAWShank. Remember to ask if you're on PIP
- continue at Cisco or take Amazon offer total experience: 19 years, at cisco 7 years role: Dev (network management and cloud apps) current Role: G12, might be promoted next year to PE. Been on queue for 2 years base: 210k bonus: 25% stock/RSU vest pending: 450k consistently got 150k+ every year in last 3 years i have an Amazing boss who h
- link Did Jeff Wilke get PIPed? or is it a corona related layoff?😂😆 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/amazons-consumer-boss-jeff-wilke-to-step-down-in-2021.html
- Tell my boss my next employer? Giving 2 weeks I work for a big retailer. I’m leaving for Amazon soon. Should I tell my boss my next destination? Or should I keep my next job a secret? What is the etiquette? Im not violating any NDA by leaving for Amazon.
- Blind could be acquired & killed? Is there a possibility that Blind could be acquired, say by a big tech company like Amazon who will then just kill it. Amazon's reputation has been sullied big time thanks to posts on Blind. Could this be already on minds of big bosses at Amazon?
- vote This week - interview vs actual work This past week was terrible. On one hand I had the opportunity to make a really good impression on my boss with a unique project, on another I had a final round interview with a faang (non Amazon) already scheduled. And I basically sucked at both. Now my boss probably has the impression that I can
- Leaving Walmart for Amazon-Worth it? I am a Walmart eCommerce employee on a high growth team in San Bruno and generally enjoy my work. My boss is very good and I am considered "exceeds expectations" despite not working hard for me. We get unlimited PTO, work from home upto 100% of the time and have nice bonuses. I was recently given a
- How Much Longer - Amazon? How much longer can Amazon run this culture of fear-driven performance where your manager 100% determines your future? The media been taking Amazon for a ride in terms of how they treat their employees for several months now. Will it ever make a difference? https://www.seattletimes.com/business/am
- Switching Teams Before Compensation Talk I’m an L5 tech role. Joined Amazon on May 2021. My boss still hasn’t had compensation conversation, but I just heard back from a manager with an offer for an internal transfer. If I accept the internal offer, will my compensation be the same as what my old manager has set? Since numbers were fixed e
- Changing team at Amazon Do we have any rule at amazon that we can’t change a team until we perform well at current team? I am an sde - 1 with 6 months of experience at amazon ,I joined as fresher and I’m not comfortable in this team and struggling here and feeling like no hope. Can’t I join another team now? My boss said
- How to deal with toxic coworker? Basically dealing with a backstabber, kiss ass, workaholic, dude is ex-amazon. Cant trust him at all he's purposely sabatoged prod deployments in order to make me look bad. Slurps my bosses farts and my boss loves it. Willing to work 24/7 and calls ppl out for taking time off. I would leave but dont
- Interviewed, accepted offer, started.....got another potential offer?? Interviewed at a bunch of top tech companies, accepted offer after negotiations, started, like company/boss/co-workers/scope of work, etc. Get contact from recruiter offering ~$100k over current tc ($320k -> $420k+)....but it's at amazon for a new team. Should I even hear the recruiter out or j
- Getting offer at competitor company When telling your boss, do you get to stay for the 2 weeks, or do you get escorted immediately? Note : I don't work at AWS but accepted a cloud position.
- amazon rehire! i was at amazon for a short period of time. wrong boss, wrong team. now after 2yrs there is an opportunity. i have been in touch with the HM he is trying to find a way in. He has spoken to previous team and HRBP... wanna know whatvthe process is like? am i put on “no hire” “needs review” how can i k
- Looking for a referral in Media Hi All, I’m looking to connect/ get a referral from someone in the Media/Entertainment industry in the US. Recently my boss has been making undermining remarks thats been making it hard to stay here. Plus, pay is not great. Any help is appreciated. TC: 120k + YOE: 8 #entertainment #media #disney