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Jul 3, 2021 21 Comments

I joined Amazon last year during pandemic and they low-balled me by offering me a lower level. But they promised they would promote me asap(mostly within an year) based on my performance.

I did GREAT and my manager started discussion around promotion and gave me a time frame. BUT he quit the org in 10th month. Now the new manager joined and started pushing the time frame without any reason. He said he wants to see how I perform in next 3-4 month and then we can talk about promotion.

Any advice how to deal with such Managers? If I change teams it would take another 1 year to get promoted.

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  • Lol you can't trust them when they promise promo
    Jul 3, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    e38wjs

    Go to company page Amazon

    e38wjs
    Same exact story for me. Downleveled from L5 to L4. Recruiter said fast promo. Been through 5 managers. Each saying the same thing. Im interviewing right now and hope to be on my way out later this month.

    I recommend to do the same. You can probably secure either more money, higher title, or both.
    Jul 3, 2021 3
  • NVIDIA
    deep_magic

    Go to company page NVIDIA

    deep_magic
    You don’t deal with the manager. You deal with the company.

    Get out of the s-hole as soon as you can.
    Jul 3, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    64Impala

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    64Impala
    Came to Amazon from a no-name company. Recruiter explained that they don’t hire external L6s except in special cases that require VP approval. Now I understand that to mean they only hire L6s that come from other FAANGs. Offered me top of the band TC with the promise that they’d consider me for L6 promotion in a year. I fell for the bait, but I quickly realized that there’s no way an L5 will be promoted to L6 in a year. To Amazon’s credit, they’re actively grooming me for L6. They just gave me a big project to manage and they’ve put me in leadership roles since I’ve been here.
    Jul 3, 2021 3
  • Google
    owqJ68

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    owqJ68
    Never believe the quick promo after higher lie.
    Jul 3, 2021 0