Amazon PIP Leave/Stay

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WcoG04

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WcoG04
Dec 22, 2020 16 Comments

Today I was pushed into pip without letting me know of the dev plan. I am offered to go on pip or take severance.

I want to take severance and leave Amazon but H1B is complicating things for me. I am on OPT right now and have one last attempt left. Should I continue work on pip or take the severance and focus entirely on interviewing for different companies?

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  • Amazon / Data
    Unamable

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    Unamable
    I was waiting for my last lottery when entered Dev plan and waiting for approval notice when entered pip. I chose to fight and successfully came out from it after won the appeal. I am joining a new team next month. It was hard to find a new team right now... especially if you have location preference. I spent like 4 months on it. I was thinking about find a new job outside Amazon when I was entered Dev but it was hard since all the companies I had talked to rejected me after I told them that I only have one more attempt left.
    Dec 22, 2020 8
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    zonzonstar

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    zonzonstar
    You were not even coached ? Usually there is a devplan that is mandatory
    What’s your role and level again?
    I’d take the severance if you have enough unemployment days on your opt. I remember I had 5 months accumulated. You can be unemployed for 90 days on one year OPT and 120 days on the 2 year extension.
    So if you take severance now and just prepare for an interview, you may get somewhere by March and get into the h1b queue by April ( if there is still one )

    Alternative is grim - you trying to get out of pip, failing after 2 months, then Trying to get another job and then it’s too late for h1b

    Also remember to correctly report and update sevis ( your DSO) . This might bite you later if you don’t report

    I have come out of devplan last year but I know pip is a different ballgame. Plus my mangers were on my side. Yours are clearly not
    Dec 22, 2020 2
    • Amazon
      WcoG04

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      WcoG04
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      I am L4 sde.
      Will it be hard to find a job now since I have one last attempt left?
      Dec 22, 2020
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      zonzonstar

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      zonzonstar
      Tbh no. It will be a gamble for the company hiring you ofc. It may take longer to find a job but won’t be necessarily hard.
      Look into academic jobs too. They don’t have a cap for h1b so h1b is guaranteed . Pay will be less
      Dec 22, 2020
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    JnDH67
    I am sorry for what you are going through. Did you have any work experience prior to your masters?
    Dec 22, 2020 3