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- Amazon PIP I was informed recently that i will placed on PIP. Graduated and have been working in Amazon since 6 months. I have been completing assigned tasks on time and this came to me as a surprise. Completely blank at this moment not sure if I need to spend time completing the assigned tasks for PIP or sho
- PIP One of my friends at ByteDance was put into PIP. She is very anxious. For those working at ByteDance, is there any suggestion? Thanks
- Amazon PIP I have come across many Amazon PIP stories on Blind and to be honest. It’s quite scary.. can someone explain if this is normal? Was there others who had the same concern but ended up joining Amazon and it was completely fine? TIA TC: 🥜
- Amazon pip How bad is pip at Amazon Most of the folks I know have been put into pip in the recent times Afaik they are talented and hard working Not totally sure what circumstances they are in or their equation with their managers Asking as I am considering interview with Amazon Tc : 200
- vote PIP - Heart Broken I have been at Amazon for about 2 years as a Data engineer. I have changed teams few months back and worked my ass of 12+ hours a day. I have only had 2 mess ups till date. One was during the initial period, when I was new to the team and where no one on the team had any context about the issue. Th
- Officially at PIP. Can I ask for severance instead of going through PIP Hi! I am officially in PIP as informed by my manager. I already have another offer, so don’t want to go through PIP. How can I ask my manager for severance than to go through PIP. Also, if i ask for severance and it is granted, will it in any way or shape hurt my future?
- Employee on PIP One of my employees is on PIP and my team is a rockstar team. I fought with management and ranted but I can’t help but feel sad that losing a potential employee for STUPID mandatory URA. Knowing their life is impacted with this, I am unable to sleep. Man, I won’t even say how it is almost making me
- Robinhood's just announced PIP is a company principle Folks are fuming because we're now officially a PIP company. Given the low stock performance, instead of laying off and giving severance, they're going to put people into PIP and fire. It was officially announced today. The reasoning? Because "good enough is just not good enough".. Stay away from t
- vote 10 yr amazonian in PIP - Need advice Hi Red badge amazonian here. I was told yesterday that I will be put in focus. I have some interviews lined up but not very confident as I have not interviewed for a job in 10 yrs. I'm being treated for anxiety, depression for over a year. I'm a recovering alcoholic and fell off the wagon yesterday
- Amazon PIP Rescue Hey! I’ve joined Amazon 4 months back as L5 into a shitty group that hates me as I was hired by different manager who left the team. Everyone cornered me and gave tasks that I could fail. Now my manager who’s is moving out of this team puts me in PIP. They planned all this while I was out of country
- A Google PIP story. These managers are savages! I recently had lunch with my manager friend. Let's call her Cindy. She told me what she just pulled off prior to this perf period. Cindy had a report who left less than a year ago to another team. He performed well and left on good terms. Before this perf period his new manager reached out and info
- vote Is unjustifiable PIP considered harassment? Consider the following (if possible, from a legal and unemotional perspective): - a totally unjustifiable PIP - manager creating a “toxic” work environment for you specifically - lying about performance - threatening a poor performance evaluation - threatening to fire All done with the intention o
- Bloomberg pip I know Bloomberg is great when it comes to keeping employees employed and on payroll when it comes to recession and layoffs. I believe stack ranking exists but no forced ura or pip and Bloomberg as a whole is great for wlb. That being said, Bloomberg developers how common is being pipped or let go
- 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
- link Pip at msft? https://www.teamblind.com/post/Let-go-from-Microsoft-what-do-I-tell-employers-Can-someone-from-HR-help-Sgwmkmnq https://www.teamblind.com/post/Lay-off-before-h1b-transfer-Vs0ehqjH https://www.teamblind.com/post/H1B-transfer-suggestions-please-%F0%9F%99%8F-SFy46SEc Msft pip for dev? Is this same
- vote I support PIP Cause Amazon has the right to remove low performers. I don’t feel bad whatsoever at removing people that don’t deserve high paying jobs. Developers way overpaid anyway. Without PIP I could never flex over bad devs and that’s a problem.
- vote < 8 month noogler(?) on pip 🥺 Hi, Long story short, I am a self-taught Software Engineer. I got into Google purely through pounding leetcode to the point of getting good at coding competitions. While grinding leetcode for 4 years I worked at a few small < 8 people companies to “build my resume” but didn’t learn anything at a
- Why Amazon doesn’t change its pip culture? Even managers get piped. What is the point of working for Amazon? Tc: 🥜🥜 Yoe: 4 #Amazon
- vote What to do when on pip? I joined a startup late last year and I realized almost right away that it wasn’t the right fit. I went back to leetcode and after grinding it out for a couple of months, I received a few offers. While I was considering which offer to pick, I got called into a meeting yesterday with my manager and
- Legendary Amazon PIP story 😈 Thought I would share my recent pip story from amazon 🍌 to raise awareness about this incredible company! 👀 I joined a few months ago as SDE 1, fresh grad 0 yoe to this large amazon team. Right of the bat manager tells me he does not expect me to deliver anything in 2-3 months. 😲 No problem, I t
- Amazon Pip I was given a PiP today, after being placed on an action plan. I was not given any notice that the PiP was being given, in fact it came as quite a shock. I have grown leaps and bounds from where I started with my action plan 5 weeks ago. My manager has offered no support, help, or words of improv
- Is there a PIP culture at FB? A recruiter has reached out a couple of times with a Metaverse product marketing job. Currently work at Microsoft where my job is stable and secure, but unfulfilling and dull with minimal career progression. I came here from Amazon where I saw too many good people fired just to meet PIP quotas, and
- Pip on H1B I’m on H1B visa, got pipped and my last working day is this Friday. Have been interviewing but no luck so far. I know that in order to maintain legal status, I need to get a job within 60 days. Assuming that I get an offer by the end of January, how long would it take for H1B transfer to happen? Als
- Just got PIP at AWS after 4 months onboarding plan. Sorry if I am not being clear. I am shocked and highly upset with the lies. I am of with being let go but honestly. So this came as a surprise. Manager was distant to begin with, really terrible. Put me in dev plan after 3 months. Started failing me on my dev plan on purpose. First would Say did gre
- Amazon pip I work at amazon and i just got a pip offer i have to respond to tomorrow. I either take the $36k offered to me or I go through with there plan which is hard but it is do-able. I had a loss in my family which is why I am in this situation. I had an internship and got a return offer. Im in toronto a
- Getting a PIP I have been at Amazon for 4 years and was just informed I will be put on a dev plan soon. I had a great relationship with my previous manager and was promoted less than a year ago. This new year my manager left for another opportunity with my peers to follow shortly after. I was left with being the
- PIP-ed right out of onboarding 6 months in, SDE I, fresh out of onboarding (100% remote), and my manager marked me as "needs improvement" during Forte so I'm gathering that I'm pre-PIPed. couple things: 1. is it even worth fighting? I'm not officially PIP-ed, but it feels like the only way to make goals is to work 12 hour days
- Does Amazon still pip? I’m not seeing pip posts from Amazonian recently, have they stopped piping people? TC: 300k
- Pip pip pip Where is today’s Amazon pip story?
- Destigmatize PIP We are at this point in our careers that the fear of PIP is eating us away. So many of us, have been great performers academically and even at work but sometimes we are not able to do justice to the work requirements. We may overcommit to avoid getting labeled as lazy or B player and not be able to
- PIP Non tech IC role 🇮🇳 Was just informed by manager that PIP will be initiated as decided by leadership for a very silly mistake that was done from my end, requested to reconsider the decision but reporting manager informed that leadership has taken a decision already. I don't have a offer in hand &
- Apple PIP I read Apple has no PIP culture, but don’t know what this means. What happens with under performers then? TC: £290K Yoe: 13
- PIP culture at Amazon I have signed offer from AWS for SDE2 role. I’ve been reading about PIP at AMZN and sounds scary. I am looking for honest insights about PIP How often does PIP happens? Not everyone can be top performer, does average performers also get PIPed? Is there a target set for every team that certain perc
- vote Amazon pip procedure Has amazon pip procedure changed this year? Manager sent a long email about my misses in 2021 and set up a meeting in 2 weeks to review performance. Everyone including manager is on vacation. I cannot even find a code reviewer. I also cancelled my Mexico trip immediately, and I will work through ho
- Facebook PIP vs. Stripe PIP New grad. Stripe TC: ~215k. FB TC: ~180k. Which has worse PIP culture? Or is it similar? Which has better WLB on avg? #stripe #facebook
- Pip vs Focus. My manager was bragging that he had done a great favor to me by not putting me directly on PIP. He gave me more time by first putting me on focus. Is it really true? Did he really pull a favor for me? Can someone be put directly on PIP without going through Focus? What is the difference between pip
- Amazonians with PIP in your usernames, show yourselves Show us your PIP Obsession TC 600k 📉
- Pip situation My manager told me 3 weeks back that he is going to put in pip 2 weeks later. But nothing happened yet. And I am not working at all from last 2 weeks. I didn’t attend standup and didn’t open my laptop. I am not sure what’s happening?
- Blind feed: pip pip pip pip pip almost half the post are about amazon pip, wth is going on just before holidays? Do managers have to meet yearly quota or something?
- Truth about Amazon PIP I've seriously avoided writing this because of the backlash but here goes. Note: I don't work at Amazon and likely never will but wanted to share my experience anyway. I know 2 people that worked at Amazon (friends) that got PIPed between year 0-1.5. I started to believe into this nonsense about P
- How I survived an Amazon PIP... Twice! Reading a lot of posts about PIP worries or what to do when put on a PIP so I thought I'd share my story, maybe some will find it helpful as I actually passed the PIP. TLDR: 1. Don't trust your manager, they don't have your best interest at heart, even if they say they do. 2.Get everything in writ
- How much extra value does Amazon get from its engineers because of PIP? I probably work 20% harder than I need to every day because I want to make sure I avoid PIP. Everyone knows about pip now, especially new grads, they probably work 10-12 hours a day. If you expand this over all of Amazon it's so much extra effort for free. If I was a (big) shareholder I would be ex
- Dropbox pip Does Dropbox have a pip culture? How easy is it to get PIPed and how long do you have before you actually get the axe? Looks like performance review is done every 6 months, so I guess in theory you could be gone in half a year. I heard teammates talking about multiple people who got fired and it hon
- How to get PIP fast Been on the job for 1.5 years, and got external offers that are 50% higher. I have to repay relocation if I quit within 2 years. I want to avoid repaying relocation and receive severance. They add up to ~40k. What is the fastest way to get PIP? P.S. My ex-manager was PIP out two months back, and I
- Placed on focus/PIP after resignation? I recently resigned from Amazon and my manager scheduled a 1:1 with me on my last day. They gave me unsolicited feedback on my overall performance and gave me 3 LPs to improve on in my next job after I leave Amazon (and concrete examples). Immediately after I received a written email outlining our
- PIP PIP PIP PIP PIP PIP.... I wanna PIP SO BAD. SO FK ME WITH A PIP AMAZON.... I wanna PIP right now!!! I say a big NO to your banana...
- Instacart PIP Recently heard a pip story at instacart, an eng is piped, the reasons are stupid, one of the reason is too many commits in single PR. In order to exit pip, the manager offers conditions like No Bug in next 3 month… HR told him there are 5% of people get PIPed. Considering the RSU Clawback policy
- Focus to Pip? I'm in the last 2 weeks of my focus plan. My otherwise micro managerial and borderline abusive manager has stopped checking in on me and does not respond to my messages for a long time. Feedbacks haven't been great so far. Does that mean a PIP is on its way ? Tc: 185 k Yoe: 10 months as PM #amaz
- Microsoft PIP Just of curiosity how long Microsoft gives for new Level 60 employee before he/she were pushed to IR or PIP and eventually get fired.
- Does adobe have a pip culture ? Got a offer from adobe but manager sounds unreasonable and rude. Just wanted to check about pip. Old TC : 200 New TC: 300