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Forte
- Amazon forte I got meets high bar in my forte review. What does this rating mean ? HV2 or HV3?
- Forte performance I got my forte, and it says Meets High Bar. What does it mean? Is this the best grade? I’m wondering what are the options. Thanks!
- vote Forte I have 3 tasks on forte, Review your manager Request feedback from someone you work with Review myself? Is this a sign of trouble? Should I run or everyone gets these?
- Forte After a year of constantly receiving great feedback from my manager, I get “Achieves” for my performance rating. Wtf?! I am so demotivated.
- Amazom forte access Who has access to forte apart from direct manager? Do skip or higher ups have access? TC: 180k
- Amazon 2022 Forte Appraisal PCS Got the PCS for 2022 today. 4% increase in Base only. Mostly nothing material or impactful. peanuts! Duration 1.5 year at company L5 PM Comp at Joining: 105k base, 19+15 Sign on, 18 stocks. (Q4 2020) April 2021 Forte didn't happen due to recent joining. April 2022: got rating of Meets high bar. 4%
- Forte rating "Achieves" 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 😞 I don't understand if I have done good work, why did I get
- Forte Review How many reviews are needed for Forte ? I know it is minimum of 3 review But if you are sde and it’s 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
- vote Are Forte feedbacks compulsory? Title says it all, I will be starting my notice period in few days, and I really don't like filling forte feedbacks. Are those necessary? Does it get escalated if I don't fill even a single forte feedback? Those who are filling yes, can someone also please comment what happens if I choose to skip
- Amazon Forte What if I reuse the same super powers or growth ideas from last year? Is anything wrong with that? #forte #growth #superpowers #tech
- Best suburbs in Dallas Fort Worth Now that Austin has become Austifornia.. planning to move to Dallas Fort Worth as I can’t afford it here. Which are the most affordable suburban areas with the best schools? TC: 180k YOE : 10 #dallas #fortworth #schools
- Amazon Forte Raise Hi Blinders! Sry for the stupid question, i am very new into Amazon, but I’ve 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!
- Forte ratings Hey, What’s the TT, HV1, LE and so on? Is it like exceeds, meets and doesnt meet the bar? Noob here. #tech #Amazon
- Ov Vs Forte Could you get HV3 OV if your forte was Meets High Bar Solid strength?
- Amazon forte first time This is my first forte in Amazon. I sent request to about 5-6 folks. Also completed feedback requests i got. But till now Manager hasn’t shared any results. Is it usual or people don’t care.
- Forte declined feedback #amazonaws Do requesters of Forte feedback see that you declined to prove any?
- Amazon Forte Needs improvement 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
- [Disagree] Forte Rating I don't agree with my forte rating, but it is published now. Is there any chance to change this rating. Should I talk to my skip level manager ?
- Amazon L7 - Forte 2022 Rating 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
- Forte season is coming How to hedge bets from this disaster? Any ex- amazon employee wanna share some light?
- Forte and promo Do you have to get exceeds in forte to get promoted, manager wants to do a discussion regarding promo like comparing my achievements with the requirements. I don’t trust the management, the old manager , don’t want to waste time there , if not getting promoted by aug, want to leave the company Any
- Forte process sucks at Amazon Does anyone else feel frustrated eith Forte tool for annual review? It doesn't capture any of the work we did, only subjective feedback in 60 words or less. I feel it gives too much power to managers to do whatever they want either your review. In the past we could write our accomplishments and key
- PIP after forte 1.How long after forte that is Jan 26 does manager let us know if we are on PIP? 2.Once we know we are on PIP, how many weeks/months do i have employment to search for other job.visa problems TC: 170 #amazon #amazonaws
- vote Seattle VS Fort Lauderdale Current Base 220, Bonus 25%, RSUs 100K/year, yoe 9. Current place of residence Arizona. #tech #seattle #florida
- Citrix Fort Lauderdale Can anyone refer me for the new grad position? Looking to move to the Miami area after I graduate. Thanks!
- vote Forte results after promotion I was promoted to SDE 2 in Q4 last year so I haven't been in the new role for long. My Forte rating was achieves and my manager said that it wouldn't make sense for it to be exceeds right after being promoted since I was already exceeding as SDE 1 which is why I was promoted. Is this legit or am I s
- Forte: Needs Improvement. Death Sentance? Forte 21' = Needs Improvement (alongside loads of complimentary feedback). "It was a hard decision and really close, we didn't take it lightly, etc." "there's a path to easily fix this and we still want you, we're already seeing improvements, keep it up, etc." -can you undo this rating? can you tr
- Amazon “Need Improvement” in Forte 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
- Performance review Forte Amazon I joined Amazon as intern in jan20 and get converted to full time in jul20. My manager given me "Achieves" rating this year. When I asked why as I was expecting "Exceeds". He said I am eligible for exceeds rating but my YOE as FTE is 8 month i can't get exceeds. As rating was getting evaluates with
- Fort Collins CO Software Companies I’m in my early 30s and get 85K a year with benefits. I have a feeling I could be doing much better but I don’t want to leave fort collins. I have 6-7 years professional experience in almost all types of development and software process. I pay like 1K a month in combined living expenses (rent and ca
- Forte - Needs Improvement but manager told me I'm "trending up" Got my Forte feedback saying Needs Improvement. Manager had to constantly express in our 1-on-1 "this represents you in 2021 solely. You are doing better in 2022". How much effort should I be putting into LC and my resume on the side, or is my career saveable? I've been here for about 10 months now.
- How to dispute amazon forte evaluation? Guys, I got an need improvement for this year forte, and this result really surprised me. My manager didn’t even give a hint at this. Could you guys tell me the way to dispute this result? Thanks!
- Developer at City of Fort Worth Just accepted a contractor position at city of Fort Worth. Was just curious about how is the work there or in general the life in Fort Worth.
- Can someone share the forte reviews bands at Amazon? I hear hv1, meets expectations and solid strength and TT (top tier). Can someone please list all the possible bands? Tc: 115k 3yoe, L4 Updated Tc: 121k, L4 FORTE: meets high bar for your level and meets expectations in delivering for customers.
- vote Is your FORTE done? What’s the Rating? #amazon
- First time doing Forte at Amazon - advice/tips? Been here for over half a year, this is my first forte cycle. Wondering if any Amazon vets have advice for Forte? Some questions as well - is forte directly tied into performance review? - How does this relate to compensation review? - does this happen once a year? Tc: who cares, honestly
- is Fort Worth, TX good for rental property Is Fort Worth, TX a good location to buy investment property for renting out. Prices seem to have increased lately. Any other location you guys can suggest. Thanks
- Anyone with Dallas Fort Worth investment property? Is it worth investing 200-250k ish in DFW. Bay getting unaffordable for mere mortals like me and don't want to wait to deploy $$$ any longer. If you are familiar with the area what are some of the zip codes you recommend? Much appreciated Blinders 🙏 #personalfinance #investments #realestate #inve
- Forte review achieves, what does it mean? I joined Amazon as L4 during second half of 2020 and I’ve been told repeatedly by my manager that I’m exceeding my level but my forte review only has achieves rating. My manager did mention during 1 on 1 that it’s because I don’t have a full year worth of data points so I can’t get exceeding. Is th
- Google Perf feels more tedious than Amazon Forte Just venting. It’s my first year here.. all these meetings and guides they drop on you in the leading weeks like “Perf Explained” etc that you feel you should read up on. “How to define difficulty”, “Measuring impact” and so on. Then my manager sends me their own separate Google doc template to fil
- AMD in Fort Collins I've got a preliminary interview with the CPU design group in FtCo. Wondering how that location fits in to the overall AMD design site "hierarchy". Coming from Intel, there's definitely a priority given to Portland and California sites. Everything else is a backwater, given the scraps nobody want
- "Needs Improvement" in Forte feedback at Amazon Web Services - Can I fight it? Received "Needs Improvement" and "Improvement Needed" in my Forte for Overall Performance and Alignment with Leadership principals. I strongly disagree with the feedback and have yet to have the call with my manager to discuss (planned for the next few days). Wondering if there's any hope of putti
- Best companies in Dallas - Fort worth area What are some good companies in Dallas-Fortworth area ( 50 mile radius around DFW ) Role: Software Engineer / DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer Define good ? Pay WLB Not Amazon Update: TC: 170, bay area YoE: 3 Want to move out of Bay, and buy a house and settle down. Have some friends & fam in D
- Amazon Performance Review -Forte (peer review)vs Manager review As a new joinee in Amazon i wanted to explore details about performance review. I explored few details and want to know a bit clear. Forte review- all people under my manager will auto provide review and i can send 10 people request for review. Who are these prople? can i ask anyone from other team
- vote Forte Exceeds High Bar: what is my rating at Amazon? Help out blinders!
- Forte - Meets High Bar. Is it possible I'm in Focus? #Amazon I had my Forte review last week. I received a Meets High Bar rating. a few days later, my manager says he wants to work with me on documenting my project work better so that I can deliver through others. No mention of dev list or Focus. Is is possible that I'm in Focus? Location: Manchester
- Is $80k TC enough in Fort Lauderdale, FL? Got an offer as a Data Analyst in Fort Lauderdale area in FL. The company says it's a higher base to compensate for no bonus structure and no options. ~ 1 YOE Gonna be working on SQL, Tableau, Python P.S. - I apologise if I'm not correctly using Blind lingo or format 😅
- What’s a comfortable salary for Dallas/Fort Worth For people who don’t really want to live on the west coast
- Can you change teams in Amazon with Needs Improvement review (forte) Title says it all. Can you change teams internally with "Needs Improvement" rating. TC : 300
- vote Live in Fort Lauderdale or Miami for new job Recently got a new job in the Ft. Lauderdale area. I’m in my lower 20s and was considering living in downtown Miami and commuting to the office in Ft. Lauderdale. The drive appears to be 45 minutes with no traffic and 1:15-1:30 in rush hour. Has anyone done this? How is the life in Miami vs Fort. La