Folks , please help me out with my situation . Worked at Amazon for more than two years and got PIPed for shithole politics ! Leetcoded my way to glory and made a switch . My new employer has initiated a perm application for me . But i have no clue what my options are - in terms of reaching out for some backing on my skills and work experience at Amazon, i am going to be quoting in the questionnaire. I think my chances of getting my ex-manager / skip to vouch for me are 0.00001%. (Well - i am assuming that they’d infact tell me they can do nothing since there were issues with my ‘performance’) What are my options here ?? Amzn was my first job after my Masters. TC: 220K yoe: 3
reach out to your colleague or frnd in old team, prepare your experience letter and ask them to notarize it, I have done it and it works...
Thanks dude !
If you're talking about EVL (experience verification letter), that's not vouching. That's stating the facts - this person used those technologies for his assignments. Go to HR directly, they should be able to print you a letter based on your job description.
I don’t think anyone checks references anymore, aside from dates of employment. I’ve been in the industry a long time and have never heard for any of my references that they’ve been contacted. I’ve also been involved in hiring at quite a few companies, and references have never been part of the hiring decision. Verifying employment after a decision has been made, yes. But that’s it.
You dont need to reach out to your manager exactly. Anyone that can vouch for your skill set is fine.
Anyone as in someone at a higher level to me within my team ? Is there a template for what they need to write / the company name Amazon needs to appear in the letterhead ?