Thought I would share my recent pip story from amazon 🍌 to raise awareness about this incredible company! 👀 I joined a few months ago as SDE 1, fresh grad 0 yoe to this large amazon team. Right of the bat manager tells me he does not expect me to deliver anything in 2-3 months. 😲 No problem, I think, so I chill and fix a few bugs here and there. Teammates delay and ignore my code reviews as much as possible. Great collaborative culture! 👍 Manager let's me know I received negative feedback from a team member, oops? 😳 Midway through 4th month manager lets me know in writing I am not performing up to standards. 😦Slaps me on dev list at this point I believe. I am one of few sde 1 on team - pip hire ? 🤔 Oh well, I think, looks like blind was right so I begin to plan my exit. I spam apply to random positions on Amazon job portal like director, swe, janitor positions to troll manager as he is notified of each application. Manager asks if I am seeking to leave team via DM. No, I say, and manager informs me I should finish plan, confirming dev list. Start applying on LI, not many jobs open ☹️ I slack off on a few tasks making 0 progress and LCing during meetings/work hours (easy with WFH). Ignored all CR assigned to me, look at email and DMs every 3 or 4 days. Have a dozen or so interviews lined up at this point. Needed 100% focus to pass them, why bother working when I'll get fired soon anyway? Plan is insane amount of work for 🥜 Manager tries to micromanage and continuously asks why sprint board isn't being updated, and why I am making 0 progress on tasks. As in standups I explain I am "still working on it" and expect to finish soon. Manager has birthday "party" via chime video. No thanks. Manager dms asking why I'm not there. Left him on read 6th month is ending and manager sends pivot email. Oh no, I don't have any offers at this point. I ask to "attempt" the plan instead of severance. Shortly after starting it, I start to get offers almost 2x amazon TC after negotiations. Left laptop closed almost entire pivot plan and played league all day on Amazon paycheck 🤑. Just got plat 2 solo q 😃 With no progress on plan at the end manager lets me know I will be let go. No problem, starting new job next month. 🙂 Great time at Amazon, cheers to my amazing teammates and manager for this 8 month vacation 😄 They are in Amazon retail, working on real challenging and fun problems - if anyone is interested I heard they were hiring for sde 1 positions 👀 New tc: 240k
Try to introspect and see if you need to do anything differently. Glad that you could leave the toxic team and find another job
Amazon retail? Are you in phoenix area?
My man.
Brother, I had a question for you brother. How much phat paper stock did Snowflake give and how much is it worth now brother? Wondering If I should stab myself or kick myself in the face for not joining Snowflake when I had the chance brother
Why do I feel like you're setting me up for a trap?
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Congratulations dude.
Awesome! Congrats 👏
Just curious who is offering 240k for 8 months yoe?
Comp really that low at Amazon? My new grad hires are in 160-180k range. And 240k for a still-new-grad seems crazy high. Anyway, sounds like a shitty toxic team for sure. Though it also sounds like you could/should have handled things differently in your first few months. Agree with other poster on introspecting to figure out how this happened. This "PIP hire" thing is a Blind meme, not a reality in most teams though retail is a different world from where I am. If a team disproportionately PIPs L4s and no L5s, it doesn't look good for them either. You seem to have taken the "don't need to deliver anything for 2-3 months" thing too literally.
Yeah, if all you were doing was “fixing bugs here and there” for 4 months.. might wanna step it up at your next job 😒
He got what he deserved : a $240k job.
Lmfaooo. You’re the man