What’s with Amazons PIP culture? Is It true

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GOXc67

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GOXc67
Feb 19 27 Comments

I’m hearing Amazon is the heaviest with PiP’s culture- trying to push people out. Is it true?

What’s it like to work at Amazon? How the culture?
Are all these blind reviews true? Are people over embellishing ?

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  • Amazon
    AMZN HULK

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    AMZN HULK
    HAVE NOT WITNESSED THE PIP CULTURE DESCRIBED HERE IN MY ORG.
    Feb 19 6
  • 100% true and worse than what you heard.

    Don't believe the HR shills saying it's not true.

    The unregretted attrition goal was 7% when I worked there as a manager. But they put 20% of the people on Focus, dev plan, PIP, etc to identify the 7%, and make life hell for the others.

    There are many other cruel aspects of the company beyond PIP that makes it the Earth's worst employer.
    Feb 19 3
    • New
      OQwu17

      New

      OQwu17
      There are approximately 60,000 software engineers at Amazon, so every year 12,000 are on Focus ?
      Feb 19
    • Some people will leave before their manager takes the trouble of putting them on focus, pip, etc. They count towards URA quota depending on their performance.

      Sometimes a manager blocks an internal transfer by putting an employee on focus. (I never did this though).

      Amazon is for those who don't know what a healthy and normal life is like. And for those who are on work visas and don't have other high paying options.
      Feb 19
  • Google / Eng
    ABC-CEO

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    ABC-CEO
    They PIP 6% to make the other 94% work their ass off. One bad quarter and you're PIPed. Even people who come back from parental leave or major health problems promptly get PIP.
    Search around for such Amazon posts. The happy ones are usually grossly underpaid and don't want to rattle the cage.
    Anyway join and report back.
    Feb 19 0
  • Amazon
    zxJP71

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    zxJP71
    its true
    Feb 19 0
  • Amazon
    N%hakm

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    N%hakm
    Very much true ! Unregretted attrition upto 6% is a goal at Amazon
    Feb 19 2
    • PwC
      EFAk74

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      EFAk74
      1 out of every 16 folks gets piped? Wtf? Is that across the board? All levels? Is it the same with see or pm?
      Feb 19
    • AES
      rFXr05

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      rFXr05
      no that’s very swe orgs.. PM’s as long as you are halfway decent mgrs prefer you to transfer out if you can land a job.
      Feb 20