How frequently does the thought of getting fired cross your mind? How do you deal with these thoughts? Are you stressed out?
Why would anyone think of getting fired unless they did something really bad? What kind of psychological safety does Amazon instill?
Lower performer will face firing
Not always
Come on Mannnn. Fed up with these PIP stories from Amazon in blind. I know many folks from Amazon and no one has experienced PIP. They are happy at Amazon.
Remember, blind is an echo chamber and Amazon employs probably the most SDEs out of any company.
^ yep. Same experience at Amazon. Out of many people I know there, only one had a toxic team and he transferred out. In a sense, it acts as a filtering mechanism for people who can sniff out sample bias and dig deeper — usually good qualities for engineers.
I’m desperately looking to get fired so that I can get the severance package. Already have counter offers.
I’m going to try and get another job, I hate being in your situation. Oracle doesn’t give a crap about their people. I’ve seen many high performers get crapped all over.
I think they purposely crap on high performers. If they make the high performer a villain it makes them feel better about the fact they are trying to cruise to retirement
I've been fired from completely shit jobs, and I think it's given me a complex about it. My personality is actually a much better fit for the digital/tech jobs that I've had, but I still worry about not being good enough. I have learned the lesson that small biz owners can be unreasonable af and that I likely wasn't the problem. My managers since then have absolutely loved me.
It’s not just small biz owners. My first manager in my first job (Microsoft) was pure evil. He asked me to switch careers. I have to fight this thought everyday that I am not defined by my ex- Manager
Should’ve told him you wanna switch to becoming a manager
I never think about getting fired. I think about quitting every day. (Yes, I'm working on a plan.)
I am only worried about it due to possible visa issues.
Back up plan ? From Amazon to Infosys,cts type of employment or go back once 60 day expires (if no new job is secured) ?
I also grew up poor and only recently gained a positive net worth. Definitely stressed about having it ripped from my grasp.
Respect
I grew up extremely poor too. I think that’s why I work like a dog. My employer has finally broken me, I’m emotionally broken.
Hasn't crossed my mind really ever in 20yoe. A little concerned a few years back with layoffs, but you really need to deserve it to get PIP/NI'd at Intel.
But then you really need to derseve it to end up at intel.
🤣 Burn!