I’m about to join Amazon (I’m likely picking the team today). I’d love to hear stories from Amazonians about what your first six months were like. I’m particularly interested to hear stories from those of you who came from non-FANG backgrounds. I wanna glean what nuggets I can.
Teammate put on dev plan 2 months after joining. Enjoy Amazon!
dev plan after just 2 months is an anomaly right? what did they do to have that happen to them?
Had 3 managers in that period, bad WLB, decide to leave that year.
No one's mentioned bananas yet? What has become of blind?
I had 21*6 bananas during my first six month.
How did you get away not working on weekends???
What do you mean not working? They were working. There are just no bananas over the weekend.
During the first 6mo you start to get the LP's, everyday after that the LP's get you! In the end you'll finally leave because of some LP's.
4 managers in 6 months period, wlb went to dogs at month 3, passive aggressive teammates. Counting my days to making an internal transfer happen
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Someone jumped off my building during my first 3 months: https://fortune.com/2016/11/29/amazon-employee-suicide-attempt/
Is it really that bad?
It can be. Amazon does not care about employees so it's all up to your manager.