Product Management @ Amazon

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debi03

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debi03
May 31, 2020 7 Comments

Hi there! I am going to be joining Amazon’s PM team. Looking at the threads related to PIP, over-working culture, I’m a little bit concerned.

Can any PM address on wlb, performance pressure and overall things I should know or keep in mind before joining Amazon?

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  • It’s really not any different than the other Faang in terms of pressure, expectations, WLB, etc. PM is a high pressure role anywhere you go from that extent. The biggest difference is in general Amazon moves faster than most companies, so it can be hard and folks often reach burnout in trying to keep up.

    The other difference is Amazon publishes organizational guidance to manage out the bottom ~6% or so of every org. Almost every other company does this in practice, but does not talk about or track it so openly. I’d personally never want to work at a company that didn’t cut low performers, but that’s just me.
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    Tiger King

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    New TC, YOE and org
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