I've been with Amazon for a few years and have had four different managers during that time. Recently, due to reorganizations and layoffs, a new manager took over. Instead of adjusting our workload after the staff reductions, we were given even more tasks with tight deadlines. Our manager rarely declines any requests and as a result, we've been working long hours, often exceeding 14 hours a day, while dealing with stakeholders from different continents. I expressed my dissatisfaction during 1:1 meetings on multiple occasions. However, a few days later, I was informed that my performance wasn't meeting expectations, and I was put under focus. When I spoke with HR about the circumstances leading to this focus, they were unhelpful and suggested I needed to clear the focus first. After seeking advice from others, I decided to contact the company's ethics department and also escalated the issue by emailing someone higher up in the hierarchy. Unsurprisingly, the ethics department only held a meeting with me to hear my concerns and then in a couple of days concluded that "upon thorough investigation, we found that there was no wrongdoing. The details of the investigation will not be shared as per policy." My manager became enraged that I had escalated the matter, and they began assigning even more work outside of the focus projects. I declined to take on these additional tasks, citing their unrealistic deadlines. After a couple of weeks, I found myself placed on a PIP. It's disappointing that the ethics department didn't live up to its name. In Amazon, if you voice disagreement with your manager, the result is often being placed on a PIP. This is a common experience for many at the company. TC: soon to be 🍌 YoE: 5 at Amazon
I honestly don’t understand why people think that company(hr people) will side with them when you raise voice against your manger or skip. At the end of the day, HR, Ethics dept or for that matter everyone except you is there to protect the company interests. If you are not satisfies with your job, start looking elsewhere. The only damage you can do to the company like amazon take on as much work as you can, but never work on them. Leave those work items in a state of limbo and leave the company without any knowledge transfer. That doesn’t do so much damage, but the very least is it can help satisfy your own ego.
If you are still in early pivot period , file FMLA to buy time
same story with me. i was put in focus because I disagreed with my managers on how to approach a problem.
Dude it's the same story across all departments in Amazon. Start preparing and get out of this PIP factory asap. TBH Amazon is a sinking ship.