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- How to file an anonymous HR complaint at Amazon? How do I file an anonymous complaint with HR at Amazon? I work sith and abusive sexist pig and need them to investigate.they must investigate every complaint seriously, right? TC: 🥜 YOE: 3 Role: SWE #tech #hr #amazon #complaint
- Why complaints about Amazon delayed vesting schedule? Salary is targeted to be the same each year for Base+Stock+Bonus. So if you think Amazon stock is going up and don't want to delay vesting, couldn't you buy the stocks now and sell the RSU's during vesting time to compensate?
- vote Apple - Fires employees based on toxic posts (Poll) I do not see many Apple employees on Blind. I've barely seen any complaints about their culture on online platforms, but I hear a lot of complaints in person. Does Apple penalize/fire their employees for posting bad about their company on Blind? Is Wlb as bad as Amazon?
- What's up with Amazon and Uber leadership? I've now heard the same line from 5 separate startups over the last 3 years: "We made the mistake of hiring a bunch of leads from Amazon and Uber. They made our culture toxic and focused on empire building over solving problems." What's going on here? One of these friends was VP level. And I hear
- Walmart offer rescinded for negotiating too much 3 hrs back, I had L3 DS offer from Walmart. I tried too much negotiation based on: 1) Other higher or comparable offers 2) H1B LCA salary figures for the same level role & same location 3) Good interview performance Offered base comp for this role was 130k and 25k sign-on bonus in SF Bay Area. 16%
- I like my job at AWS Guess I am unique or lucky? Good team, large scope, good career growth, good relationship with manager. Only complaint is on-call rotation once every 8 weeks is not that fun. Otherwise, pretty content here. Don’t see my career growing at the same rate anywhere else besides maybe Meta? That’s all.
- How's the comp situation at Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple At Amazon we have a constant battle where 100% of employees feel underpaid/incorrectly paid based on external offers vs. tenured salaries in the same role. Do Google, meta, Microsoft, apple also feel the same or do you have better comp policies and lesser complaints given the refresher policies TC:
- vote Should Amazon be removed from FAANG? I understand FAANG was first used for the fastest growing stocks in 2013, but is that still relevant? Also, FAANG is mostly known for the top companies to work for in tech, and Amazon seems to always have complaints in their work environment. Should it be removed?
- Working at AWS as a L7 Does the same complaints we hear about working at AWS (wlb, toxic culture, etc) apply if you are a L7 SWE? TC 320k
- vote What do you think is the reason for all the Amazon hate? I'd like to see what the Blind community thinks is the reason for all the Amazon hate and why it's so widespread here. This is mostly aimed towards the software engineering positions at Amazon but I'll take any type of response. Is it because it is actually a sweatshop to work at? Do they just hire
- Amazon wlb I recently got an offer from Amazon as sde 2. While I was going through blind threads, I found a lot of complaints about Amazon wlb. I would like to ask sde at Amazon regarding their experience at Amazon. Also what is all about 🍌? Offered TC : 230k
- What do Google/Facebook blind user complain about? I left Microsoft in 2019 and all people complaint about was being underpaid and product/software being crap. Joined Amazon and all people complain about is stress of getting PIPed and WLB Anyone can shed light on the main themes people complain about in FB and Google?
- Layoffs / pip at Instacart, roblox, robinhood, coinbase (how often) I am looking to apply to companies outside of FAANG as well. I see some complaints on here and Glassdoor about firings of individuals and whole teams at Instacart, roblox, Coinbase, robinhood, Airbnb. I already knew about the covid layoffs at Airbnb but not the others. The hiring bar looks higher
- Bad things about working at Google We see complaints and know shitty things about working at Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle...... But I have never seen a thread about bad things at Google. Is it because Google is perfect, or because Google is well known to be the best place to work and people don’t speak up about bad things?
- Amazon layoff/Pip process I have a L4 offer from AWS. How does the PIP/Layoff process work? Do they give enough notice? Are the first 2 years safer? I have seen a lot of complaints on Blind.
- vote Has anyone switched to Amazon from Expedia? Got an offer recently from Amazon Gurgaon with a hike of 30% in the first year. I have no particular complaints about WLB being intense but wanted to know firsthand if the switch benefited someone. If you have switched from EG to Amazon (not specifically in India), can you share your experience? Wha
- Does anyone actually want to try to change AMZN comp? Everyone complains about Amazon comp structure after Forte but I feel very few people actually express this to leadership or HR. Just interested in knowing how many people would get behind some kind of unified complaint? Or if we’re just yelling into a void until we leave. I love Amazon, the work
- Is it worth it? Is it worth giving feedback to my skip level prior to departing Amazon? I’m in my last week with Amazon and I have grave concerns about my direct manager and his abilities to lead the team and it’s future success. The complaints I have are also shared by 1 or more of my peers but like me, have not s
- Does PIP happen at AWS cloud support roles? Hello everyone, I have been following blind and there are lot of complaints about people getting piped especially for Dev roles at Amazon.I was wondering about what happens in the ops roles at AWS support as Amazon hires hell lot of candidates for ops? What is the metrics for ops to get piped and w
- AWS TAM VS AZURE TAM The technical account manager role at AWS seems to have responsibilities all over the place. Seems like they do everything except wipe the customer's arse. I've heard many complaints about Azure's TAMs saying that they only give x amount of hours and rarely respond. Has anyone worked at both AWS and
- link Amazon has plan to solve crunch / burnout Jeff Bezos Assures Amazon Employees That HR Working 100 Hours A Week To Address Their Complaints SEATTLE—In response to accusations of an abusive workplace environment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assured employees Tuesday that the company’s human resources staff was working 100 hours a week to address t
- Discrimination and Harrassment Can anyone recommend a lawyer in Seattle? One with experience in cases with amazon would be preferred. Also: when should I file an official complaint with HR? Before or after I talk to a lawyer. Should I attempt suit or attempt a lucrative severance without a court? This case relates to a disabil
- vote Twitter (SWE2) or Google (L3) Twitter (SWE2) - 270K TC (remote) Google (L3) - 215K TC (Los Angeles) Current TC - 195K TC I’m considering both right now and I’m currently an SDE2 at Amazon. Twitter: - Same level as my current role, so more scope and higher chance to make impact. - Love the team and manager. - Fully remote. -
- link Jack Welch passes Given the endless complaints about how Amazon manages low performers I figure there should be some intersting comments on his career and his passing. If youre unfamiliar, he is the Godfather of the rank and yank strategy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-house-that-jack-welch-rebuilt-11583178033?em
- vote Amazon pip culture is great 😍 Since the start of covid we pipped 2 new grads on my team. Great motivation for engineers to perform and avoid being bottom performers. Also good for maintaining a high talent bar (only keep decent talent and purge bad hires like most new grads). If there wasn't pip, this place would be full of sla
- How is Facebook WLB? How long do people work each day? Hey I am TLM at google Planning to join Facebook Main reason is comp increase (40% increase) and more interesting project But I heard lots of complaints about bad culture, bad wlb, can’t take vacation and so on For people who moved from G to FB, especially senior IC or EM, can you share your stor
- Jeff b reads emails but not blind. How about? https://www.quora.com/Does-Jeff-Bezos-personally-read-the-emails-sent-to-jeff-amazon-com/answer/John-Marty-3?ch=10&share=d3844c76&srid=hLIR0 How about the guys on blinds spam uncle bezos all the blind complaints. Employees are customers too. Who knows, there might be a change because of volume. TC
- Moved to Amazon, already missing Microsoft benefits People keep cribbing about compensation, rightfully. But the difference you're seeing is not as signficant as it appears. There are a lot of benefits we take for granted in Microsoft. Just over a month in Amazon and I'm already noticing that very clearly. There is a problem to fix, but not as bad
- poor wlb is often more about person than company three groups of ppl with poor wlb: 1. overachievers who want very quick promo (overrepresented in fb & hot startups?) 2. have shit manager who can't manage up expectations or throws you under bus for promo (overrepesented in amazon?) 3. people who managed to get into a company they should not have
- Dogs at Work? There's a petition going around Microsoft right now about allowing dogs at work. I know there are companies such as Amazon and Google that allow them and I have not heard complaints from friends that work there so it seems to be working well. I'm curious if anyone that works with dogs has any commen
- vote Next Move … Hi everyone, I’m currently an SDE 1 at #amazon (joined as new grad). I love my team right now, but amazon as a company sucks (no benefits … u know the usual complaints) so not really in a rush to leave. However I want to have a goal for my next move. My yoe is about 6 months. 1. How long until I
- RSU vs Sign on bonus amzn I saw a lot of complaint about Amazons vesting schedule of being back heavy, but I’m confused: Isn’t sign on bonus better than RSU tho if the tc is the same over 4 years? Since sign on bonus is just cash but RSU depends on market price of stock?#rsu
- Is FB not for me if I prefer good WLB? I enjoy and have always enjoyed good WLB at Amazon. It's very team and manager dependent here and all the teams I have been on, I have always enjoyed good WLB and interesting work. My only complaint, if at all, is compensation going down next year. I was reading FB reviews on Blind, and it looks ba
- vote Amazon vs Redfin vs TikTok new grad Currently deciding between the 3 for new grad swe, any advice or recommendations? Commenting is better signal than poll vote. Amazon (return offer) + most well known/stable + team during internship was fine, no complaints + promotion opportunities - pip culture - seattle (want Bay Area) Redfin +
- Crowdstrike as a new grad? Is Crowdstrike a good place to start off your career? I just received an offer after my internship and really like the team, tech stack and culture. I want to maximize my learning at this stage in my career. How would it stack up against a place like Amazon where you can build at a really fast pace
- Impostor syndrome? i recently interviewed for Google, cleared the interviews and got matched with a Search and Assistant org that i felt was interesting and accepted the offer. Going from a L4 in Amazon to L4 in Google. i instinctively feel I am not yet there to perform at that new level yet. The tech stack is comple
- Looking for networking referrals (willing to give the same for Amazon) Hey Blind, Been applying recently, interested in the following companies but haven’t heard back with cold application: - Lyft - Airbnb - Pinterest - Stripe - Coinbase Have onsites set at Two Sigma, HRT, Uber, Robinhood, etc Looking for just a networking referral to have my application looked at.
- vote PSA: do not meet toxic micromanaging managers once you go into FMLA during PIP It seems common that Amazon managers would still schedule "final" meetings with you once you're already on an FMLA (a federally protected leave of absence in the US). They may try to give as justification the fact that the leave is sudden (note that anxiety/depression doesn't require the 30d notice
- Amazon is one of the more chill jobs in my career Basically resting and vesting here. 40 hours a week with total flexibility on hours (On sunny Seattle days I often stop work at 2pm, go outside to enjoy the sun then, compensate the hours at 8pm) Nice teammates No fear of PIP at all. We get swag on this team Often meet up for beers🍻 My experi
- link EU Policy A Money Grab Every time I take a look at European News, I see the EU pushing more regulation targeting Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. In reading through a recent article, I saw that the EU is taking up to 0.05% of annual worldwide revenue from these companies to “monitor” them and I think it’s absol
- Amazon engineers that have worked at other FAANGs, is it really that bad? First of all I'm not all trying to insult Amazon or Amazon employees. But when you operate in a "hire fast, fire fast" way, that means you're accepting that you're going to bring a lot of people that would not have been considered if they had a more selective initial hiring process. Say if you wer
- Incompetent leetcoders ruining the tech industry We have senior engineers ( 5 - 7 yoe) joining our teams who do well in our interviews (medium LC + 1/2 System design) , but their software engineering skills don't correlate to their interview performance. People with 3 years of experience with Go / Postgresql / API but don't know how goroutines wor
- GCP vs Google Got reached out by a recruiter from google. Wanted to work more towards distributed systems, so told him I want to work infra and core tech such as spanner et which may have implied Gcp. I didn’t do my research, apparently gcp doesn’t have the best rep. 1. Why is gcp getting a bad rep? What’s the c
- vote OCI vs Amazon *Posting for my brother who graduates this month* Which place will be better for learning and promotion? Amazon L4: 129k base 28k base 1st year 30k base 2nd year 95k RSU 1year TC: ~175k Austin OCI IC1: 110k base 30k sign on 10k relocation 575 RSU(~50k stocks per year) 1year TC: ~200k Austin Amaz
- vote Amazon vs Oracle OCI *Posting for my brother who graduates this month* Which place will be better for learning and promotion? Amazon L4: 129k base 28k base 1st year 30k base 2nd year 95k RSU 1year TC: ~175k Austin OCI IC1: 110k base 30k sign on 10k relocation 575 RSU(~50k stocks per year) 1year TC: ~200k Austin Amaz
- Flipkart offer - Senior Engineering Manager Hi folks, I need some inputs from the community. Especially, from those who have held management positions in engineering at Flipkart or Amazon in India. I make 93LPA with overall 18 yoe (7 as a manager). Work load is 40-45 hours per week. No complaints about anything as such. Just that further gr
- Amazon growth opportunities first off, anyone coming to tell me that Amazon sucks, I’ve heard it 1,000 times, and I currently disagree; so please spare me this time 😅 I started amazon recently, and I’m wondering what the growth opportunities are like. I plan on staying at least 2 years, but given the complaints on blind, i d
- Amazon and poor documentation - is it everywhere? Seems like a lot of complaints come from a lack of good onboarding - so you get given tasks but there is always lacking documentation so you're clueless and managers just expect you to figure something out. Sometimes on a growing team half or more of the team might be in such a state - you have some
- To people who complain about Leetcode I see a lot of complaints like these: “I hate Leetcode problems.” “Companies that give Leetcode interviews are the worst.” “Leetcode is ruining the SWE industry.” Let’s get a few things straight: 1. Leetcode is a website, not a type of coding problem. 2. Companies don’t ask problems from Leetcod
- Is the bad work culture at Amazon over blown? If not, why is the leadership not doing something? In my view, Amazon is probably the FAANG company most associated with bad work culture, because of this assumption of mine, they are the only FAANG recruiters for which i rarely return recruitment emails (at least to say Thank you, I am not interested). Recently, I started to think my assumptions m