- PIPed while 9 months pregnant I worked at my current company for 2 years. I got a promotion in first 6 months. I have been a high performing employee. i took over all the work, trained everyone and kept the ship afloat when my manager went on her maternity leave. I got pregnant after and let my company know. I also hired and tr
- vote Stay with current GF or pursue true love? Honest question. About me: YOE - 5 TC- $130k Age - late 20's Location - Seattle The girl that I truly love lives in Italy. We've never properly dated due to distance, but we've gone one a couple of short trips together and it was amazing. She and I met traveling, and when we're together it's pretty explosive. We
- Date of Resignation and formalities This is my first time switching jobs in the US. Leaving Amazon. Any advice on if need to turn in a handwritten letter of resignation ? .. and how many days would they take to effectively relieve me so that i can get started with my new job ? I am on a PIP, so.. the concept of notice period etc woul
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and industry lounge. - Why so much hate for Uber (and Lyft) Ok so Uber laid off 8% of the workforce. Apparently they haven't PIPed many people in recent years so this was supposed to be long overdue. But the larger point I want to make and ask all you angry negative folks is - why tf are you against ride hailing? I personally want both Uber and Lyft to succ
- Any experiences of PIP at Google? If anyone who is PIP’ed or has seen someone get PIP’ed, what was your work and performance like to get it? Did you completly did nothing or got PIP’ed deapite of working?
- I hated Amazon, should i consider FB? I left Amazon for a reason. Wrong team, bad culture, politics, work content wasn’t meaningful or motivating, no WLB etc. I can keep going on and on. Now, I have been told that it is the same at FB - hardcore and evil. Friend told me if I left Amazon, no reason to join FB. Goal at FB might not be al
- vote How many % of e5's are placed on pip each year at Facebook? Your best estimate based on what you observe.
- 10 yoe, backend dev, Got offers from Atlassian, eBay, Apple, Facebook, Netflix. Torn between N, F. Fb tc - 205/600/100, 15% bonus N tc - 480k, 5% options Netflix pros - almost similar work, under 30 mins commute, no bs culture mostly (though it can vary with team). Cons - although I am impressed by most aspects of the culture, the thought of being laid off without notice makes me a bit uncomfor
- Manager trying to make me quit Recently, my manager expressed dissatisfaction that I was working on a project for another team. I had come into the company thinking it was a place where people would explore where they fit in, and make the biggest difference. That's how it was sold, at least. But my manager, it turns out she thoug
- Interview Cycle: Facebook M1, Google L7, Microsoft L68, and Local Public Company Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5
- girlfriend left me for higher TC i posted a few weeks back about suspicions regarding my girlfriend cheating on me - turns out i was right. we were having dinner one day and suddenly she said “things arent working out” and that she met someone else. naturally i asked who.. i didnt get mad just depressed as fuck because i guess i ex
- Have I lost my skills to have fun? I worked like a horse for 15 years 50-60 hours a week. I told myself that once I have financial stability, I will have fun. Well, financial stability turns out to be just a pipe dream. Most working class people will never have it due to ever increasing number of "needs". But that's not the subject o
- link Turns out there is a pipeline problem When you have nearly 100% unemployment rate in tech how can it not be a pipeline problem. Companies have been hiring women from a 6 month boot camps to boost their numbers, why would they do that if they had slew of women in engineers graduating from universities http://blog.interviewing.io/we-ran
- Facebook PIP Been seeing posts from Facebook engineers about getting PIP'ed. It's unfortunate. How common is it for other roles at Facebook to get PIP'ed? Like product management, product marketing, etc. ?
- Questions for those who support impeachment of Trump We all agree that impeachment is a political process and that in theory, the House can impeach the President for anything. But the Founding Fathers intended for impeachment to be the last resort to begin the removal process of a President who committed "high crimes and misdemeanors." In this vein, I
- Is it too risky to join Facebook as an e5? Keep reading on blind about fast PIPs, firing people after 3-6 months, hellish work hours, terrible WLB, etc. This is making me scared to join! Is joining Facebook @ E5 a trap? I have 12+ YOE and i consider myself pretty hard working. I only work 40-45hrs but i try to be as efficient with that time
- The most layoff resistant companies, organizations or sectors for a SWE? I want a stable work environment so that I don't have to worry about getting a new job due to PIPs or unstable growing companies. What companies, organizations, sectors or niches in the SWE space would you recommend for someone that values stability way over maximizing TC? TC: 90k YOE: 2
- vote Should I leave Apple for Amazon ? So I work at Apple, can't reveal org or role, and am seriously considering an offer at amazon. I‘m at the 1y 7m mark at Apple & wasnt planning to leave before the 2 year mark. Was passively looking because the growth / work pipeline for the next year in my org is unsatisfying and not aligned with my
- Grad job: am I preparing well? Hi! I am a student about to graduate from an Australian University. I'm currently doing an internship with SAP in their presales department, but it's not software eng - where my skillset lies. I'd love to be able to secure a good grad job straight out of university ($90k AUD+). I don't particularl
- vote Compensation + WLB + Growth Which company do you think offers good comepensation + WLB + career growth? levels.fyi mentions that all Netflix engineer make atleast 350K. How frequently do engineers at Netflix get pip? Is that TC valid for even 3 yoe?
- Decline in Software Engineering Opportunities in the U.S.A.? I am a soon to be a new grad with CS major in U.S. and feel there are a lesser amount of opportunities for new grads with B.S. available as I and most of my friends (with or without visa restrictions) are not able to get interviews with a lot of tech companies. Even after doing fairly good in tech
- can you get pip from amazon before a year ?
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and industry lounge. - vote What is the pip rate @FB Especially for E4 /E5/E6
- Avoiding PIP at Amazon Any tips? Joining soon.
- vote Help a new grad choose: MS (bing ads) vs. Palantir (gotham) About me: undergrad in CA, studying CS. one prev. internship at a startup. Goals: Make a lot of money in the short and long term. Work hard to start and then chill more as I have kids. Offers: (base/stock/signing) MS - max new grad apparently 110/150 over 3.5 yrs/50 =~ 167/yr over 4 yrs AI/R - Bi
- REASONS YOU WOULD WANT TO WORK AT APPLE SWE 1. Good pay only a tad below FB/N, awesome refreshers 2. Great WLB for SWE 3. No on-call, SRE’s handle everything 4. Prestige and brand 5. Apple discounts 6. Get to see the celebs, artists on Apple events 7. Gyms are great in Apple Park and INfinite Loop, boot camp classes 8. No PIP and layoffs,
- Leaving first job after 6 months? Currently content at Cisco (New Grad SWE) but I plan to begin interviewing again come 2020; I will have been at Cisco for >=6 months. Looking to target other large companies (FAANG). That being said, I have 2 questions: 1) Am I correct in assuming FAANG recruiters won’t care about the <1-yr stint?
- Moving to Microsoft, paranoid about ZR I quit Amazon on a dev plan (prePIP) and now have an offer with Microsoft Azure (sde). How often does one get ZR/PIP at Microsoft compared to at Amazon? UPDATE: To give more context:- I joined AWS as a new grad. I had previously worked on research and theoretical stuff before. During my internship
- Pip’d at Google? Has anyone or does anyone know of anybody who has been put on a pip at Google? Google is known to have great wlb and a “chill” culture, so I was just curious if it is not uncommon for an engineer to be on pip. (Or do you really have to suck?)
- vote Technical incompetence at Wayfair -- is there anything worse?? Is there anything worse than Wayfair at this scale in terms of sheer technical incompetence and poor engineering practices? Wayfair's codebase and infrastructure are stuck in a pathetic, sorry state. The PHP repo, the databases (which are all mirrors in some way), the vertical scaling -- it needs t
- New Grad Offer Evaluation One from Microsoft and the other from Google. TC is about the same (3% better at Google). Given the same location, please evaluate these offers. Microsoft AI L61: team builds AI related product, is in early stage, very prospective, and is growing rapidly. I will be working to build a pipeline for b
- what % are targeted for PIP yearly at FB and Amazon? pip rate = ? and do strong performers have issues where they get promoted up the ranks then eventually wind up in a PIP bucket?
- Data Scientist and ML Engineer out there? I am looking for some help to get me through interviews. I have been applying and interviewing for Data Scientist and ML Engineer roles for last few months. Can't really convert them even with good pipeline of interviews. It's becoming hard to stay motivated and feel confident with constant rejectio
- Piped from startup. Need help with referral I was piped from a startup and I dont think it will work out. I am on h1b. I need to find a job before jan end. I have to go to india in jan end for personal reason. I have 3 years of experience in backend and distributed system. I would really apprecite any help. what is my best bet to get h1b tra
- Laid off with 1 year of work exp. in Go, Python & ML. Looking for referrals. Laid off since 30 days working at small startup. YOE: 1 year 2 months Locations: Bay Area, SF, NY. Tech stack: Go, Python, C, Google Cloud, AWS, Docker. Education: MS in CS from Top 10 CS school. Specialization: - Machine learning(ML): 2 years research experience with NIPS and 4 other ML papers -
- vote Are you a top contributor? Blind PIP? TC 375k
- I realize I'm in the wrong career, what can I do now? I'm 28, have 3 YoE as a Business Analyst. Core part of my job is reporting. SQL , Tableau stuff. I like coding. But for some reason took a different path. I suck at statistics and I now realize that I am not going to go far in this career path. While working as an analyst , I tried learning python a
- google down level me. need advice. Recently had an interview with Google at L4. in 2 of the 5 rounds, I needed few hints. recruiter told me that I qualify for L3 instead of L4 but since L3 pipeline is clogged, I will need to wait for few months for head counts to open up. I told her I have an offer from Adobe (TC: 270K, 170K base).
- Google L3 vs Amazon L5 First of all, thank you all for creating such an awesome community! From the last few weeks, I have been spending more time on Blind than on any other social sites :) About me: I am currently pursuing MS CS in one of the top US universities and will be graduating soon. This summer I interned at Goo
- How “refreshers” work at Amazon Last updated: 7/21/2019 TL;DR: If you sign with Amazon, expect only paltry base raises and no new stock grants until the 5th year even if you get promoted. If you don’t, your TC will actually drop to the bottom of band so that’s a cliff in its own way. What you see in the offer letter is all you’re
- You are not the rapist A common symptom amongst rape victims is the ability to imagine him/herself to be the rapist. I notice many fellow swes here, after working too many 60-70 hr days and under constant stress from possible pips and abuses by their managers begin to show symptoms of "I am the rapist". They start to thi
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and industry lounge. - Meta-learning: Promotions at Google It seems that Google's promotions come at a slow pace, causing a good amount of frustration and angst. At least part of that seems to be, at first glance, from the promo packet/committee aspect. There seems to be a game/dance that needs to be played/learned. Some things that I've picked up on that
- Male colleague keeps asking me for “help” him in doing all his mundane dev work 😒 I joined this Client ( a big bank ) side project in May ( as a contingent worker and the only female developer in the team ) and this male colleauge ( has been on the project an year longer and is a FTE ), who has otherwise been helpful during my learning curve, keeps “requesting” me to “help” him d
- On PIP. I have decided to leave FB. I am on PIP now, but I have decided to leave Facebook, because I want to get away from my manager. What is the best way to leave? Should I just say it to the HR person managing my PIP? I would ideally want some severance, but I can only take a few more weeks of going to work. Bonus is due in Septem
- vote Should Trump be put on PIP? 🤔 If yes, post what he needs to accomplish to get out of PIP 😂
- Google vs Microsoft AI Both TC is around 200k Both are in Seattle. I’m a data pipeline engineer(swe), not an MLE or researcher fyi. Which org should I target?
- Underpaid? Can some semiconductor industry veterans please advise me? Background: B.E. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Experience: 5.2 years (Firmware development, platform development and RF system design over 2 jobs before & after Masters) 7 months internship (full time internship developing the validati
- Paternity on PIP? Paternity while on Pip, possible? Put on pip while manager knows I'm expecting. Would concede my avail. Hrs went down a bit. TC: 130k, Yoe: 2.5 years
- vote Will you name and shame your manager and org if you're categorized as non-regrettable attrition..ie put in PIP. I was thinking there is nothing to lose. Why not expose the management for whatever goes on in the org. I have personally seen some incompetent managers and PMs who turned into managers that are bad at people skills. Post inspired from another thread regarding PIP in FB. TC 160 - my tc sucks and I
- Recruiter Pipelines Just curious how many "fish on" recruiters usually are managing through the hiring process at any given time?