Posting behalf of my friend, One of my friend is working in Amazon and got pivot notice. The person has to choose option leave or PIP. The person already have another offer from other company and transition is in progress. Transition might take around one month. What the person can do in this situation? Thanks in advance
Does friend have visa issues?
What’s a pivot?
Pivot or PIP or Performance Improvement Plan. It’s a company’s way to fire you without any risk of being sued. Usually some severance is involved so it’s not too bad. If you get a job immediately it’s actually like a bonus for quitting.
Dev?
Pivot gives you only 3 days to decide what you want to do. So if worried about visa, the best thing to do is stay in pivot. It's rare that they will let you go in a couple of weeks because they need a good bit of documentation. If aggresive they might let you go in 4 weeks. At the same time, feel free to talk to hr about waiting for visa transfer. They are generally considerate about that.
My friend said they have career ambassador and hr partner. Whom the person should to talk???
Pivot is 5 business days. And your visa grace period starts kicking in after your last payroll date. Since Amazon pays at the end of the month, see if your friend can spill into next week as that may give them all of March. Work with manager and HR to make last day 2 weeks from the day your friend choses leave amazon option. Do confirm with HR when the last payroll date will be as you need this information for future employment and immigration purposes.
Is it good to tell manager and hr partner about another offer and visa transfer??
Once you have a Pivot doc in your hand the decision must be made in 5 days. If you want to stay employed you must chose PIP option. You can manage to fail PIP after you finish the other paperwork, and get half the original severance. Make sure you get some money and don't just leave. Don't tell them about the other offer, they'll wait for you to leave so they save on the severance
If i choose not to stay. I'll leave for nothing?
This is the best advice. Sorry to hear. Amazon is pretty brutal. Usually they offer you money to quit, 2 or 3 months of your base pay, or you can go ahead with the PIP, and get fired later for less.
If my friend choose severance instead of PIP, Max how long he can work there?? Severance means immediate termination or he can stay about 2 or weeks???
Just wait until the transition is over and choose to exit the company
Pivot has no time limit. It can be extended or shortened. In pivot Manager mentioned that one month dead line. And also one clause also says that it can be shortened or extended