I hope this post can help others not be in the same situation I was in. I was sexually harassed, bullied, and had a smear campaign ran against me during my time at Adobe. Adobe uses a third party fraud vendor called Forter. An exec from Forter sexually harassed me on multiple occasions and tried st...Read more
Had my Forte review today. Itās been a year since I joined Amazon. Got Meets High Bar/Solid Strength. Yes - I know I could have done better in few areas. But, how common is it to get āexceeds high barā after 1 year? Also, should I even be expecting any comp change or will it be peanuts (~1% appr...Read more
What if I reuse the same super powers or growth ideas from last year? Is anything wrong with that? #forte #growth #superpowers #tech
I just got needs improvement rating on forte. I want to understand what this means? Is it the end of my career at Amazon or is there a way that I can salvage it? What scenarios should I be prepared for? #forte #tech #pip #focus #dev_list #amazon
I had my forte discussion recently. But I joined late in 2023 So no compensation review. No performance rating either. How do I guess my rating ?
After a year of constantly receiving great feedback from my manager, I get āAchievesā for my performance rating. Wtf?! I am so demotivated.
Hi All This is my second year but 1st year at current team, i got the forte results recently this is the result i got it recently "Needs Improvement Your performance this year fell below Amazonās high performance bar for your role and level. Improvement is needed for you to meet expectations in del...Read more
How useful is forte feedback in Amazon. The OLR happens way before forte feedback is collected and ratings are already finalized. I do not see forte feedback is being considered for project allotment as well to align with super powers.
Unfortunately, I have gotten āneeds improvementā rating in my latest forte and I feel super bad. But I want some realistic advice. As per the indications given by my manager, it does not seem like I am in FOCUS/Dev list or on the path to PIP. But I wanna know if there is a way that I can find out fo...Read more
Hi Blinders! Sry for the stupid question, i am very new into Amazon, but Iāve wanted to ask you if you can get your raise at a later forte review in the year or the raises are given only in April ? Thanks!
I am 6 months into Amazon and I have been working day in and day out and completed 2 projects. In my meeting my manager told me that I have done very good work in past few months but all I see is rating "Achieves". I am very disappointed š I don't understand if I have done good work, why did I get ...Read more
Is there an established procedure for requesting a review of your performance rating through HR? I began my tenure at AWS in August 2022 and, after completing a 90-day introductory period, I was assigned full accounts in December. Initially, I was informed that I wouldnāt receive a Forte rating for...Read more
How many reviews are needed for Forte ? I know it is minimum of 3 review But if you are sde and itās your first review cycle Any advice or suggestions ? All the reviews should be from other sde on team or can be anyone like BA, QA, Manager Is it someone that is mandatory on list
Went on short term disability in the 5 day decision window. Now Iām back from leave and want to get updated pivot document so that I can leave with the amount. My manager asked me to complete the self evaluation in forte so that we can have discussion. I am not sure why she insists on forte as I har...Read more
TC: $450k USD ($185k base, $123k variable, $150k RSU) Role: Sales (IC) YoE: 15 Time at Amazon: 10 years TT YoY (2020 and 2021) Location: San Francisco, CA Received a "exceeds high bar" and "role model" for LPs on 2022 forte review. Have yet to see a PCS to correlate this to a bump increase for 2022...Read more
I got a forte review as Meets High Bar, how much pay bump I can expect this year ? Joined team in the 8 months as a SysDev Engineer ? Is there any percentage this year for total compensation ? #amazonbenefits #amazonfeedback #amazon #aws
Hi, i joined AWS in end Aug,2020 and was on Embark, followed by small customer engagements. 100% billable from 2021 and received good feedback from peers, em, etc. Forte came with needs improvement but no action items except the usual utilization metrics etc. I asked my manager - he said this is due...Read more
I told my manager that I was leaving my team for a new opportunity earlier late last month and I even signed the offer earlier this month. Come Forte time I was pegged under needs improvement but was not told about being in dev list. Can the new manager still rescind the offer or am I good here? TC...Read more