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- Amazon mangers - Do you hire to fire? Amazon managers, do you hire to fire ? Or know other managers doing it? I understand it's all business and nothing personal. You have to manage your team and also fulfill pip quota.
- AWS Hire to Fire, is it true? Should I switch? Got an offer from AWS L5, wanted to know if they really do this? Current TC - 150k New TC - 240k Should I take this offer?
- Amazon hire to fire warning signs new grad Are there any possible warning signs for new grads that could mean they were hired just to fire for pip quotas? I had to pass a 3 round on-site to get my offer and they are giving me a 22k signing bonus. Does that make it less likely that I was hired just to get fired? I'm excited to join Amazon b
- link 15 years experience at Google, Amazon, Microsoft as PM, TPM, SWE. On my way to FIRE. AMA A few words about me: - Worked at Google, Amazon and Microsoft as Product Manager, Technical Program Manager and Software Engineer for ~15 years - MBA from M7 program - Blogging about tech careers, personal finance and my path to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) at https://EngineerSeekingF
- How to figure during Amazon loop if it’s “Hire to Fire”? Finished L6 loop, seemed decent people, went full hour for each interview. However, how to figure if they are hiring just to fire (to fill their PIP quota)? I have an L7 opportunity waiting at AWS for this round to finish. #Amazon #amazonaws #aws
- Do PE's get fired at Amazon? Do PE's get fired at Amazon?
- Amazon hire and fire trend? How is Amazon when it comes to fire employees?
- Name and shame: Amazon fired nearly every Whole Foods software engineer A few weeks ago Amazon put every Whole Foods software engineer through Amazon interviews and fired everyone who didn't pass. Only 1-2 out of 30+ passed. TC: 180 YOE: 11
- Cons of joining Amazon with the intent of being fired? I know of the hire to fire culture and the constant dms on LinkedIn. I'd love to join for a bit, make good $$$$ then get piped, take severance + unemployment, and pretend like I never worked there. What are the cons of this plan? Is it bad if I don't put it on my resume? Also thought about this at
- Sign of Hire To Fire? - Amazon Offer Hi all, I have a below offer from Amazon Robotics. I recently heard of this term "hire-to-fire" and after I did some research on this term, I am a little scared of this offer for several reasons. - My team will be located in Boston. I told my recruiter that I can only work from Bay area for person
- vote Is hire to fire a real thing at Amazon? I recently have heard of the hire-to-fire story. It is not making much sense, since they have to spend time interviewing lots of candidates, and then there is a bar raiser who can evaluate candidate fit for Amazon. I know about URA and the fact that a certain percentage of people should go, but is i
- Got fired from Amazon. My friend got fired from Amazon due to performance reasons. Can he reapply to Amazon after 5 years. Or is he banned to reapply.
- Amazon Managers, need a hire to fire /PIP fodder? I’m your guy Starting an MBA program in 2023, looking to make some of that jacked up Amazon TC before that. If you’re looking to hire someone whom you can put in focus after 6-9 months to meet your URA and protect your core team, I’m your guy . US citizen , so no visa issues either. I’m not the type to totally s
- can Amazon fire without notice? My brother works at Amazon and he’s constantly panicking about being fired without notice because he’s saying they stack rank. Seeing him constantly stressed out is in turn stressing out my parents and it’s really impacting us all. I’ve tried being supportive and repeatedly consoled him by saying t
- What's a sign for hire to fire at Amazon? I have an interview coming with Amazon. What's a clear signal that the hiring managers are hiring to fire? Is the pip culture at Amazon over exaggerated? Reading lots of negative comments about Amazon giving me a pause and not sure if it's worth it to proceed. TC 🥜
- I want to get hired by Amazon to immediately get fired Who can help me with this? I want to get hired, never show up, and get severance. (without quitting my old job, I could show up for 90 days occasionally, I could also immediately go on medical or maternity leave or something else). The reason why a manager would want to hire me is so that they can
- link Amazon Hire to Fire real life case? He worked there for 4 months. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anirudh-balaji-6b5a42169_amazon-business-work-activity-6893166313242779648-4415
- link It’s official. Amazon hires to fire! https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-managers-performance-reviews-hire-to-fire-internal-turnover-goal-2021-5?utm_campaign=sf-bi&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social
- Does Amazon fire a new employee? Does Amazon fire a new employee within first 6-7 months? What are generally the expectations from new employees in Amazon, how much ramp-up time they get? Can a new employee get away after doing some blunders in the initial months?
- link Amazon hire to fire https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-managers-performance-reviews-hire-to-fire-internal-turnover-goal-2021-5
- Does Amazon Fire Managers? Wondering if Amazon fires managers and anyone have any experience with this? Is it hard to get fired from Amazon or do they give lots of warnings? Thanks All!
- Should The US Implement a Wealth Tax Similar to how Amazon Does its hire to fire? Similar to how Amazon Does the hire to fire / pip'ing should the US Implement a Wealth Tax on the top 5% of earners in America and tax something like 80% or 90% on wealth only gained that year no matter if it's realized wealth or not? Honestly that makes the most sense out of all the ideas I've rea
- link Amazon needs more “fire” power https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/amazon-ceo-unveils-55000-tech-jobs-in-his-first-hiring-push.html “Jassy, in his first press interview since he ascended to Amazon's top post in July, said the company needed more firepower to keep up with demand in retail, the cloud and advertising.” He wants more p
- Amazon and getting fired I heard that amazon fires alot like hires a lot of new grad SDEs and fires the bottom ones after performance reviews.How true is this? And id you have faced this can you share the reasons? And if someone is being told they might be then what are the reasons for this? Just curious
- Amazon Fire TV QA Approached by recruiter for above position. Any insights to about this Org ? Also salary for qae roles ? Current TC : 200k+ exp: 10
- Pivot@Amazon vs Fire? Does pivoted@amazon means I got fired? My manager says both are different and you're not fired. Did he just try to console me?
- link Amazon managers admit “hire to fire practice” Don’t join Amazon if you have other offers. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-managers-performance-reviews-hire-to-fire-internal-turnover-goal-2021-5 Non-paywall link: https://outline.com/JTrxEk
- How people are fired at Amazon? I’ve been at Amazon for 3 months and think I might get fired soon. My manager is never around. I’ve spoken to her for about five minutes every 2 weeks or so. I have no direction and just a vague idea what I’m supposed to be accomplishing. I haven’t been told that I’m at risk but I have a bad feeling
- How hard is it to fire a software engineer outside Amazon? For non-Amazon companies, how hard is it for a manager to fire an employee if they don’t like them in general?
- Amazon managers looking for a hire-to-fire, consider me! I’m looking for a technically interesting role I can learn and grow in for about a year or so while I am pursuing graduate school admissions. Amazon has a lot of exciting technologies (looking at you, AWS and Echo teams) that I could make a good impact on and learn a lot from. However, I don’t plan
- Amazon India is firing youtubers. Recently they fired multiple youtubers, who where teaching computer science on youtube. I don't understand what was wrong in that... What does blind family think about it? #amazon #youtube #fire
- My appeal jury got fired by Amazon cuz they voted for me Long story short. I was put on PIP by my manager due to retaliation. I chose Appeal and I won. 2:1. The two people in the jury who voted for me got fired by Amazon later. I really hate this but I don’t know what else I can do. I am sorry for them. Update : 1. They got fired because they voted for
- Amazon hire fast fire fast strategy Recently saw a few posts about Amazon lowering the hiring bar, but someone (not from Amazon) told me Amazon would hire a lot but also fire people quickly if they don’t perform well (how well is well?). For those who joined in the past couple of years, true or false?
- link Amazon - fired for the "runs" You can pee in a bottle but what do you do with diarrhea? Seattle Times: Fired Amazon employee with Crohn’s disease files lawsuit over lack of bathroom access. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/fired-amazon-employee-with-crohns-disease-files-lawsuit-over-lack-of-bathroom-access/ #amazon
- Amazon severance (Hire and Fire principle!) Hate moving from MS to AMZ Why is Amazon severance one fourth of your one month salary? Currently in Pivot/PIP plan and the severance is only 1/4th of my one month salary. If i resign before completion, I will get half month salary. Is this the norm at Amazon? Amazon hire and fire is horrible! Hate the move from Microsoft
- How is Fire tv team at Amazon I received a call from Amazon recruiter saying hiring manager for firetv is interested in my profile and wants to setup a phone screen for a system developer role. I am not sure what role do and how it is perceived internally ? Blind Tax : 180k Yoe: 12
- link I Got Fired From Amazon as a Software Development Engineer https://primitivehacker.medium.com/i-got-fired-from-amazon-as-a-software-development-engineer-1986b72c9d3
- How is Amazon Fire TV division Looking for some feedback on Amazon Fire TV division, how it is doing(is it profitable), How stressful this division to work? Got an offer from this apps team, just trying to understand before committing myself to it ? #Amazon #engineering #software #swe
- link Hire to fire, weaponized PIP confirmed @ Amazon https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-managers-performance-reviews-hire-to-fire-internal-turnover-goal-2021-5
- link Is this true about getting fired from amazon? Nice read article. Amazonians around here, how remotely close is this? Got any fun stories? https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/you-dont-just-get-fired-at-amazon-what-happens-instead-is-brilliant-or-maybe-insane-your-choice.html
- Will Amazon fire you during your ramp up period? I’m overwhelmed with the information that I’m being given. Question: have people been fired during their first 90 days?
- Amazon keep 35% people on focus to fire Why do people join Amazon?#tech A separate Amazon human resources document seen by The Seattle Times shows that the company expects 35% of workers placed in Focus to leave the company, and that Amazon tracks Focus entries in the context of its “unregretted attrition” goals. https://www.seattletime
- Amazon New Grad High base - Hire to Fire? I received an AWS offer with an abnormally high base for location and non-returning intern (over $130k) .I read here that an out of band L5 offer was a red flag for hire-to-fire. Should I be concerned?
- Culture at Amazon Fire TV org What’s the culture like? Interview process went pretty great everyone from team had good things to say abt the team. The manager also seemed nice. Just wanna know if there’s people out there in this org that don’t have it as good.
- does amazon fire fast barely been here and feel like im about to be gone. how long can i expect to be here.
- link Amazon is using algorithms to automatically fire Flex workers How long before they bring it to warehouse workers and then SWE's? They don't even need managers to pip people anymore. The software will first fire the team that developed it, and then others, I suspect :-P https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazon-is-firing-flex-workers-using-algorithms-
- link Amazon VP quits over whistleblower firings Good for him. Amazon’s tactics are messed up. Bezos is ruthless. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-bray-amazon-vp-executive-quit-whistleblower-firings/ #tech
- What is the Amazon fire rate for L4 new grads? I know the URA is 6% but it has to be higher for L4/new grads. Just wondering what people think. Edit: I don't mean the official number. Practically, i think managers will prefer to fire L4s. amazon tc 170 yoe 0
- Kind of hoping Amazon will fire me. Am I a bad person? Long story short, tragedy struck right before I joined Amazon. I really need to see a doctor more than I ever have in my life, but my health insurance doesn’t kick in until 90 days after being hired. Though I should have asked about this before accepting the offer, I never thought to because every s
- Amazon Fire TV Sr TPM opportunity Hi all I am currently working as a PM at Microsoft at entry level since the last 1 year and 2 months. Before that I worked at a not so famous company as an Associate PM for 8 months. I recently got approached by a hiring manager at Amazon for an opportunity as a Sr TPM in fire TV org. Looking for