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Manager Severance
- Turnover rate is crazy at SCOT... normal at Amazon? There have been at least 3 managers, 15+ engineers, and several scientists have transferred out of the SCOT teams I work with within one year. One of the L7 said this is normal within Amazon, but is it tho? Is this phenomemum pervalent at Amazon? And for those who have left, do you regret leaving S
- Pip coming next week; rsu vesting on November 15 Amazon Pip will be sometime next week, let’s say between Oct 20th and Oct 22nd. My RSUs vest in November. How can I negotiate for last day to be after? I want to accept the severance Update: my manager was the one who actually suggested that my last day be after the vest date #severance #layoff
- vote Tell hiring manager about new interviews? I'm waiting to hear back about a position on another team at Google. Could take a couple days. Could take several weeks. When I first talked to the hiring manager, he asked if I was interviewing anywhere else, internally or externally, and offered to speed things up or slow them down if I needed. I
- Can I work for two FAANG companies at the same time? Question is in the subject. I came to an agreement with my manager to pay me severance and have accepted another offer starting next month. My manager told me I don't need to work anymore and that he will send me the details soon, but I'm concerned covid 19 will slow it down. Can i just start worki
- How do I get intentionally PiPed? Planning to leave Amazon for another company. But then I think, Amazon PiPs so many people anyway, it can't be that hard. Why quit for free when I could get severance? Just need manager to put me on a PiP and quit the same day with my severance offer. Advice?
- Help chose - Amazon pivot with severance or leave at dev-list if you have another good offer? I am in dev-list. Manager said that he will be starting pivot soon. I have no intention of staying at Amazon or ever coming back to Amazon. I also an offer from another company. Does anyone know what is the severance for 8 year experience at Amazon? Is it worth siging pivot documents to take severa
- #Layoff What I dislike is people posting jobs and then disappearing for vacations for several weeks.... hiring manager, recruiter, or sometimes both 😜
- vote Best way to get fired remote? Been here for a few months now but it's depressing. Main thing is the mngr lied about position before leaving soon after since I negotiated for a bit more peanuts 🤧 Favorite lines on how toxic/sad it be: Manager 1: "I don't have time for you, believe it or not I have mentored hundreds of people" M
- Is my salary a joke? I’m a manager of >10 year machine learning experience and managing >10 people. I’m working as people manager, tech lead and PM and my team is a high performing team. My salary is ~270K and today friend told me it is a joke. I’m a women. Am I severely underpaid? If I want to change to a differ
- Can you ask your own company if you're re-eligible for rehire? Been in company for several years under different managers. Left the last manager on somewhat of bad note, wondering if I can ask my own HR if I'm eligible for rehire before my last day?
- **Does Amazon non Tech Program manager role impact career progression for Tech BA/Project manager? I am Interviewing for Amazon Prog manager non Tech role. I am tech BA, Project manager with 10 Yoe with BS and MS degree. If I join Amazon as non Tech Program (l5) manager, does it impact severely on my career progression and resume?
- Coursera hiring for Senior + Director-level PMs Coursera is hiring for several PM roles focused on marketing tools, B2C revenue growth and mobile. Open to US remote. DM me if interested #pm #product #productmanager #coursera #hiring
- Is this comp fair for a director level role for a series D startup? Director of Biz Ops type role (mix of finance and operations) - 10 YOE - Base: 175k - Stock options: ~115k per year - TC : $290k - company valuation is between $750M - $1.5B - Managing over 20 people including several managers - HCOL area
- What is management committee at two sigma? I passed the hiring committee several weeks ago, then the recruiter told me after management committee review, I was rejected. I asked the recruiter to expedite during the process for several times, but the recruiter kept asking me to extend the deadline or accept my current offers. I have to reje
- Is M2 the same as E7 at Facebook? I have heard several people say conflicting things. I understand M is manager and E is individual contributor, but other than that are they the same level and pay?
- Amazon PIP severance amount Who decides this amount? Is this your manager? Is this the HR? From what I’m hearing more than one fresh grad getting severance of 20K within a single year of getting driven out while some sources claim they only give you 4 weeks worth of pay? #tech #pip #severance
- Looking to Switch Industry/Field I have 16 YoE in the refining industry in several technical roles. Majority of my work has been related to Chemical Engineering. I have 3+ years people management exp, several patents, project mgmt exp which are transferable skills. I also have an MBA from NYU Stern, gard 2017. I want to switch to
- Peloton Product Anyone have insight on how to get an interview for product management at Peloton? I have applied several times but always get an automated response.
- Indeed hiring remote Staff, Senior and Principal software engineers Reposting for some reason it was deleted. I’m hiring several REMOTE senior, staff and principal Software engineers for several multi-discipline teams made up of full stack, back end, UX designers and product managers for our SMB org. The teams offer an awesome WLB such as unlimited PTO, You Days (
- No Action on Manager? Won the Appeal against PiP, but there is no action on manager. I have been given two choices: 1) find a new team in 60 days or join the same team. 2) take the severance and leave the organization. My question is why there is no action on the manager?? Or the action on the manager is kept secret
- Is #Fundbox collapsing? Several key people are serving notice periods (CTO, Risk PM, Data head). OH layoff rumors too Any thoughts
- Amazon dev to pivot Hi, I was recently put on dev plan and was given a month to improve. I want to get pivoted and take severance. If I don’t work upto the required level, Will I get pivoted immediately after this one month? I have an offer already but don’t want to lose severance at Amazon😅. Is it possible to ask for
- Microsoft lay offs ? Hi, got to know from a friend that there has been a lay off in Microsoft, his PM got laid off today ? Any one heard more about it ?#layoff #severance #pandemic #covid-19
- AWS TAM relevent roles what are the relevent roles that I can apply for on the same lines i. another company? Some I have been thinking of are 1. Cloud Engineer 2. Product Manager 3. Technical Account Manager #layoff #severance
- Uber Interview No Show My wife had an interview with Uber Manager but they did not show up. She followed up with the recruiter and they replied several hours later with no apology or reason for the manager not showing up. They just asked for more availability. I knew Uber recruitment sucked but this is so unprofessional.
- Google/Netflix referral needed, 14YOE, engineering manager and startup founder Looking for Google or Netflix referral. I’m currently talking with Facebook. I have 14YOE. I’m an engineering manager. I also have experience as a product manager and project manager, and I have founded several startups. Thanks
- vote Can you leave off short stints from resume, or will it be a problem during background verification? Asking because hiring managers have questioned my job hopping, which looks extra bad with several internships on resume (each one at a different company).
- Is being a people manager worth it? All my life I’ve been super driven and would only care about climbing the ladder and getting a promotion. I have 1.5 YOE and I’ve skipped several levels already and am currently in a specialized senior role. The next level for me would be people management. However, across all the internships and ro
- Amazon - PIP inbound - resign or take severance? Hi all I've been given a heads up that I'm going to be on a PIP. So I know I want to get out because I can't deal with my current team anymore. So a) in terms of what employers see when the check my references is a severance exit managed differently than a resignation. b) severance is 2 weeks worth
- vote Severance or return to Amazon? Close to getting pip, have an offer. Should I negotiate to receive severance or let know manager that I'll be leaving before and try to perform till I leave? Working at Amazon for over 4 years and manager didn't treat well the last year.
- Can Amazon PIV while we are on vacation/paid leave? Get the sense that my manager may put me o PIV, can i take vacation to buy time? (have 20days vacation left). #severance #layoff
- vote Got Fired from Wells Fargo Today after struggling for 9 months in Wells Fargo by starting my day off at 4:30 AM, I raised my opinion that these working hours are not suitable for my lifestyle. The reaction of my manager and HR was ‘can you do at 5 AM?’ I explained them that these hours will not leave any balance to my perso
- Request career coach/faang entry recommendations I am interested in pursuing TPM roles at a tech company but feel I get blocked. I have 20 yoe program/project management experience including several at a Big 3. Hoping you have career coach recommendations to help me with my profile, resume, interview discussions to reach my goal. #interview #
- Ask for more rsu I was a recent hire in salesforce and I’m hiring for my team. I noticed that my hire is receiving a lot more rsu to match her current comp. She is coming in a lower level than me. Should I reach out to my manager later and ask to increase my rsu? Can he do this without promotion? PS: Some comments
- Zillow/Slack/Adobe Referral Hi all. I have several years of experience and two masters. I have a couple PM jobs I’m interested in at Zillow, Slack, and Adobe. Would anyone be kind enough to refer? Thanks!
- Cisco layoff number Just wrapped a "all is good" meeting with my manager. He is estimating layoffs number to be around 3 to 4k. What estimate do you have?#layoff #severance
- How to talk to my manager I joined as a new grad at Amazon a year ago. I joined a team as a full stack engineer , but due to lack of resources I only got to work on front end work. I have asked my manager several times in the past that I wanted to do backend work. There was a re-org and my manager was changed. The new manage
- Referrals Needed! Hii! I'm brand new to Blind. I'm trying to escape a pretty toxic work environment that also severely underpays employees. My experience is in Marketing and I have had several different roles (MarComm, Branding, Strategy), though my current position is Marketing Analytics Manager at a mid-sized heal
- PIP in Amazon .. Alexa sucks Last quarter 2 of our team mates left the team of total 18 people because of pip , both were having 15+ experience. Senior manager hired 4 engineers in past quarter. Now they put 2 more pople in dev plan. So total 4 people in a team of apprx 20 in 1 year. The pople in safe zone are .. 2 PM, 1 TPM
- Help with Referrals!!! Hello Everyone, I am starting the interview loop and planning to apply to several positions in the companies below. It would be very helpful if some of you kind blinders can provide the referral. Blind tax YOE: 9 (~3 in PM) TC: 130k 🥜 @shopify @twilio @stripe @brex @dropbox @doordash @box @coinb
- L6 Google -> L7 FB manager.. How likely? Currently at Google on the eng management ladder, I manage a 20+ people team including 2 TLM (L5), 2 TL (E6). Strong perf record of Exceeds (EE) & Strong Exceeds (SEE) expectations in past 2 cycle. Expecting SEE in current cycle as well. 90+ people manager review (PMR) scores. Promotion to L7 (in n
- vote Just started a job where my manager plans to squeeze me, what to do? 5th job in 5 years. Just started and the manager is already squeezing me making me do the work of 2 people. What to do? They said hiring is frozen due to market so can’t hire another person. Only problem for them is I have 50k cash lying around and 420k net worth in index funds. I live with my pa
- Designers are the decision makers? Heard from several designers at fb that the people with decision making authority at fb are Design > eng > pm Is this true?
- Applying for multiple Amazon roles Hi! Is there any downside in applying to more then one role at a company like Amazon? I'm a PM looking to make a move. I found several roles I'm interested in and wondering if being referred for several at once decreases my chances of being interviewed. Thank you!
- Managers getting promoted You are part of a big team with two Managers and several ICs. Now ICs are leaving the team due lack of growth but two Managers are getting promoted Obviously you are not getting promoted. What should be the next step?
- Unforeseen deadends Have hit some unforeseen deadends on some of my exploratory projects where several weeks of effort gave zero returns. Mentally exhausted. Management is upset. How does one handle such setbacks?
- Best companies for Product Management I've been at eBay for several years as a PM. I've been very successful, but I feel like I'm lacking in several core PM areas. I know how to get stuff done in a big org, but I don't really know how to prioritize or identify the right things to work on, because eBay is very top down. I'm looking for
- Can anyone refer me for TPM at Facebook/Google I am interested in working for TPM at Facebook/Google. I have applied several times but never got interview call for this position. Can anyone please refer me if he knows the hiring manager/opening in his team.
- Quitting on Amazon Focus Manager put me on focus plan while I tried to change team. He gave me goals which are achievable but not sure about manager intentions as he is clear I would not stay in his team even though he graduate me from focus. I am not sure what should I do: 1. Should I work on goals and come out of focus p
- Got PIP ed at Amazon Manager told that I am not performing well and suddenly put me in PIP plan in 2 weeks after Forte. He has given a project which is still not even have design done. I need to deliver that in 30 days. I am L5 and I am on H1 visa. What is the best way to survive PIP as well as prepare for interview? A