Is it true that review at Amazon only happens in April although it has Quarterly checkins? And if you join after October, you wont be part of the April review cycle? Thats what HR told me.
Yep, that sounds right. But promotions are not tied 1:1 to annual review.
Ya..promos are quarterly now
Promos are quarterly. Performance gets discussed twice in a year. Your manager should discuss how you are trending in the mid year. If the manager does not give any feedback then you can ask explicitly.
Feedback is not equal to rating!! The idea of mid year feedback is to course correct.
Payroll is adjusted only once a year. You can have a performance discussion at any time but you pay only changes in April
HR mentioned that if you start mid-Jan 2018, new hire will miss the review cycle. Seems conflicting with what OP mentioned. Is this something they just swing around to convince you to start early? They wanted my friend to start beginning of Jan.
At least now SDE1-2 is quarterly
How about 2-3?
I think still half a year