I joined Prime Video 3 months ago and was placed on a different team than the one I interviewed with, so I had no chance to get to know the work and culture of the team I’m on. Needless to say, this team is toxic: CRs on weekends, leaving before 7 is early, nit picky to another extreme, owning too many things. I’m wondering, how do I go about getting on another team; there is a team in IMDB that I was looking at. TC: 170k YOE: 1
Start leetcoding again and interview for another company. You joined Amazon, so what do you expect besides toxicity
Hey, I have an onsite interview with Prime video coming up. Can I DM you to get to know about the team?
Absolutely
Ahh wow sounds like a prime video experience
You should start coffeeing with HMs that have roles you’re interested in. Better to cut your loss and leave before being put on dev list. It’s difficult to earn trust if you didn’t make a good first impression.
That’s a great point, I don’t think I’ve earned trust within this team for reasons in and out of my control.
This happens far too often because PV team don't usually attract good talent from within Amazon because of bad reputation and managers push HR to get talent from outside. Better to start preparing for interviews if required in the worst case.
You wait 9 months, then apply.
9 months are enough to get devlisted, move now when manager doesn't have enough data to devlist you.
Why 9 months? I’m not sure I can take this team for more than another one or maybe two months.