Do people at Amazon not respond to their emails?

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cceofM

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cceofM
Apr 19 12 Comments

Started a couple of weeks ago. I find that most people do not answer emails or delay till the next day.
Anybody experience this?
My manager gave me a list of people to meet as part of my on-boarding plan. I sent them Chime meetings and half didn’t respond at all.

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  • Walmart
    wjauyag

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    wjauyag
    Have you added their managers in cc.
    Apr 19 0
  • Amazon
    BigDeal007

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    BigDeal007
    This happens but remember what could be causing this. Right now most teams are going through OP1 so they may be swamped trying to sort out planning for the next 18 months. Aside from that, generally most people are a bit busy and tend to reply emails in order of priority based on the work their doing. Also, depending on the wording of your email, they may not know who you are or why you want to connect.

    My suggestion is to reach out casually on Slack or Chime, introduce yourself and let them know you’d like to look for time in their calendar for a brief 1:1 intro. (Consider using Chime because it has read receipts which makes it harder for folks to read your message and not respond). Give them 24 hours to reply you and then send the meeting invite if you get no reply or follow up again offline. Finally, if all else fails after several folks not replying in a week, let your manager know that you aren’t getting responses from (and be specific) team members x, y, and z.

    Last thing to mention is that the Launch plan is just a guide so some things may take longer than the timeframe the put in the plan. Building strong relationships the right way is better than being super aggressive so be creative about getting their attention! Escalate only when you really need to.

    Good luck!
    Apr 19 0
  • Amazon
    Bello674

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    Bello674
    It’s PIP season again at Amazon / AWS so cut the teams some rope, as they are probably running twenty percent understaffed and so they are all fearful and overloaded with work. It may ease up once some more replacement herd are recruited.
    Apr 19 0
  • Amazon / Consultant
    lonelysoul

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    lonelysoul
    I honestly don’t give a fu@! about that part of the embark plan.
    Apr 19 0
  • Amazon / Other
    t2hw4

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    t2hw4
    Sometimes I don’t get back to lower priority emails until the next day (still within one business day)
    Apr 19 0