- 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
- 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
- Change my mind: The best way to prevent work related stress is by being always ready to interview 1. being ready to interview means you are not afraid of PIP or unexpected layoffs 2. by being not afraid of PIP you can try to improve your own WLB 3. overall, better wlb and care for org / company performance reduces stress. back to leetcode and designing data intensive applications folks ✌️
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and industry lounge. - What is the layoff or pink slip process in microsoft? Hi I have a friend in microsoft who joined 9 months ago and his manager has asked him to look somewhere else in same BU a month back, but hv not given any official PIP or email about same. Now he is saying that look outside microsoft and he has 2 weeks for the same. I bel company like microsoft shou
- 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
- OCI vs AWS vs Carta age:28 no debt and not married, but was thinking buying a house current: SDE II @ AWS yoe: 2 yrs 3 months in the us (<1 yr before coming to the state) TC: base ~140k with ~30 shares/incoming years Just got promoted in Q2. Team has pretty heavy operational and work load. Great revenue product with q
- 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 Whats the best FAANG to work for right now as SWE? Seems like all 6 (Yes I’m including M) have their set of unique problems: F: Privacy issues, lack of purpose (imagine being in the team in charge of Group Chats), overall disdain among millenials APPL: boring hardware company, software mostly outsourced to TCS or like whatever bodyshop (Avanto or
- 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
- unbelievable PIP story in Amazon I was in dev plan early this year. After few months coach with my manager and did the coach plan wiht manager, he told me that he is satisfied the improvement in past few months, so I am survived from that dev plan. Though I guess the real reason is that one people left team early and we were busy,
- Amazonians: Input about onboarding wanted! My first FANG. TC: 115,000 YOE: 2.5 Long time lurker first time poster! I received an inclined to offer from Amazon. I spoke to three managers in the Ads org. I liked them all. I’m free to pick the team that I like. The only hang up is that they are all pure Java/ Scala jobs and I’m a Rubyist/JavaScripter by tr
- Feeling the burn out Been having issues with the manager at work for multiple months and eventually will be put on PIP i.e. leave. Been trying to find a new role externally (as I am blocked internally), there are a tonne but the recruitment processes are incredibly long and I have 0 motivation at the moment (mainly bec
- 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
- Amazon SDE1 vs SDE2. Come in at which level? YOE: 2.5 I am choosing between two Amazon jobs. They are both Java jobs. One is SDE2 and the other is SDE1. SDE2 would ordinarily be the slam dunk, but I’m a Rubyist with scant Java experience (like 2 months). Plus, I haven’t been coding that long (2.5 years). This is my first FANG job. Would it b
- SRA [Samsung research America, mountain view] pay Hello blind, my first post here, I have got positive feedback from SRA as cloud engineer, recruiter haven't told me anything about the pay range initially, could you please help me with pay scale. does Samsung low baller? My background :- YOE : 6.5yrs Role @SRA : cloud engineer Currently : cont
- 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
- vote In FAANGMULLA, which companies get most looked down upon to work for? Due to PIP, WLB, shitty culture, perks, hiring bar etc. TC:300K
- vote Coming back from PIP Hey all, Feeling pretty down. Got a PIP (performance improvement plan) today. I put in plenty of work and time, but the results aren't really there/are going to other people. During the PIP meeting, he/she didn't even know what I was working on, and so assumed I wasn't pulling my weight. I'm not h
- Does Amazon really PIP 10% of its tech work staff every year? I see a lot of posts. I see people who were slightly late on one deliverable due to unrealistic expectations get fired. I see some obnoxious Amazon manager post on here that he has higher standards than google (cause he is a dick). Does amazon constantly fire people? Like if I went will I see musica
- 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
- Got Pivot less than 6 months Joining Amazon as SDE 1, the manager who hired me left within 2 weeks after I joined, new manager came after 2 months. He said he was not satisfied with my performance when I joined around 4 month and gave me a plan with multiple tasks to improve - at that time I didn’t know it was dev list and he d
- 640 Leets! Need referral. Took couple of mocks and I think Im ready for interviews. 4 Yoe, currently working as backend engineer (data pipeline and microservices) Please comment or dm if willing to refer so I can share my resume for review and probably get on call if more information needed. I can only tag 3 companies but
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and industry lounge. - link CA approves free healthcare for undocumented immigrants Do you agree? Are you OK with some of your TC covering healthcare for undocumented immigrants? https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sally-pipes-californias-free-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-courtesy-of-the-taxpayers
- facebook m1 on a pip hey, facebook friends. I received an M1 offer and thinking about joining, but the pip stories are concerning. - Have people seen M1 piped? - What have they done that caused it? - What was the timeframe to pip? current TC: ~$450 fb TC: ~$540
- Amazon pip Accepted an offer from Amazon, but now thinking if I should rescind as I am reading really very bad reviews about Amazon and their PIP. I have a very stable life right now with my current company. The main reason I accepted Amazon is due to their brand value. It would be great if someone from Amaz
- vote Do you ever feel like the dumbest person on your team? I can't believe I even got hired, honestly. I'm always messing everything up and need to ask everyone else for help. Everyone else seems so much more competent than me, and they get things done so much faster than I do. Given that I just got a promotion, I know it's probably impostor syndrome, but
- Uber Devs - My team is hiring! Hello Uber Devs, Sorry to hear about the layoffs. We are looking for smart, passionate, self-driven individuals to help build our next generation SaaS platform. We at VMware are hiring both Sr. Frontend/Fullstack as well as backend engineers. These positions are based in our Palo Alto campus. Pleas
- link companies are likely not to hire international students who has only 1 H1B lottery chance left, rumor or fact So I heard companies would not/don’t like hire international students with F1 visa who have only 1 H1B lottery left, is it true? I’m having a issue to be piped, so I’m thinking I should go back to my mother country to get my H1B (not sure if 2 months is enough to handle that) or just keep as F1 in O
- Manager in one of previous companies, India, refuse to give experience verification letter for my PERM application. What could I possibly do by asking the HR of India office so that I can get the experience (skill & technology) verification letter, it involves past managers approval, and I am stuck at it? **Background** I have been in software development role all my career. I worked for this company in India fo
- vote PIP'ed third time in my life. Feeling low 😔 Should I feel bad about there are three fewer tech companies in the US where I can interview? They are all well known large companies. Presently L6 SDE. I have been in the tech industry for ~ 10 years. Total 6 companies I worked for (3 PIP'ed, 3 resigned). I am good with interviews so no stress abo
- How to keep background check safe after pip? Already have an external offer and just want to make sure that whatever Amazon provides for the background check (when the new company asks) doesn't show anything negative as I'm PIPed. I know people say Amazon only writes join and termination dates, but I want to make sure that's all (like they don
- Linkedin to Facebook? Recently contacted by a FB recruiter and cleared interview without much prep. Offered position is E4 and comp is not much different. I wonder if it is a wise move. Facebook clearly provides better prospective career growth, and commute is shorter. Lots of friends work there and they all suggest me
- vote Is the hiring bar for new grads different from regular entry-level applicants? Does going through the university/new grad hiring pipeline make it easier, harder, or the same difficulty to get a job?
- vote FAANG with least risk of PIP tc: 🔮
- Lost my job Hey guys. I was put on PIP and I’m looking for a job. Can someone please help me? I am an SDE with experience in React, NodeJS, AWS. Thanks.
- planning to boomerang to amzn I see a lot of posts on Blind about people getting burnt out, dev listed, pipped at amazon. I left it a while back and spent several years, and it was ok. sure, you have to work hard, but nobody put on pip. I am planning to return, but after seeing all of the above, I am afraid to return. Is it that
- Amazon Alexa AI Team SDE 2 vs Microsoft Azure Level 60? Hi I have received an offer from Amazon AlexaAI team located in Seattle. The recruiter reached out asking me a salary I am expecting. I said I am expecting 250k (Have got competing offers). Please help me out with your insights. The current level they are offering is SDE 2, L5. 1. What is the exp
- PIP an Asian but got fooled I was his manager and I won’t say he was smart since he couldn’t even speak fluent English. He always disagreed and argued with me in meetings which made me look really bad. So I had the plan to have him piped. I assigned him specially designed ops tasks with traps so that I could report his concern
- Interviewed on site, Waiting for reply. Comments? Hi there, I applied for a tech job at a company in Silicon Valley. I had the following interviews: 1. Recruiter Phone Interview 2. Hiring Manager Phone Interview 3. Director Technical Phone Interview 4. On-site Interview with 5 people and lunch with hiring manager. After the on site interview, I w
- Why do you guys continue to buy shit houses at astronomical prices? Everyone needs to live I get that but why does everyone in the valley accept buying these crap ass decrepit houses at such inflated prices. Even these flip houses or updated houses appear nice but behind the walls are ticking time-bombs with their steel pipes and non-current wiring. Stop being ok w
- 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
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and industry lounge. - Career prospects for Data Engineering? I find data engineering pretty interesting and fun. You don't need to write complex distributed services or web-apps but mostly have to make use of existing data infrastructure and systems to build pipelines. However, it seems to be a relatively new field and maybe the market pay is also less than b
- Amazon URA PIP/Pivot process (SDM perspective needed) Can a current or ex-Amazon SDM give details about how the Pivot process works wrt team size, timeline etc ? I'm not asking about what happens when a candidate is put into devlist/pivot. That information is available on blind already. But the other interesting pieces of info, for example would be -
- vote Were you ever on PIP ? I’m seeing lots of post related to PIP. Would you mind commenting your/peers manage’s alias who ever put their direct reports on PIP. Also, can you please choose an option?
- vote Is Google dead? - No products in the pipeline - Google X has yet to launch anything besides weather balloons - Anything outside Google ads and apps is a failure (20 and 10 years old) - 90% of Alphabet’s revenue still comes from adwords which they built with 5 people but somehow employ 50,000 people - CEO is weak an
- Harassment at Apple by eng manager, what to do? Don’t know where else to go so sharing here. Long story short, this individual was an external hire a few years ago, and since then has done nothing but continuously harass members on his team. Everyone constantly lives in the fear of being fired or given a PIP. He blackmails members on his team to
- Had my life ruined for years I was working at my first job out of college and my team lead was an unpleasant guy with an ego but everyone seemed to like him. My colleagues were always engaging in banter with him and he was popular and decently good looking. I tried really hard to be nice and social towards him. The company cul
- I haven't submitted any code at Amazon in 2 months and I won't get pip'ed My manager knows that I know almost nothing about Amazon's code. I'm never on Chime. There's no way I get a PIP this year. TC 330K
- Best way to be painlessly put on a PiP/Pivot If you want to leave and get severance
- leetcode do leeetcode employee have to leetcode to get into leetcode then have to do more leetcode work after they get into leetcode then get put on PIP because they were leetcoding at work because they want to get away from all the leetcode?