Sorry. Amazon is not a place anybody should work for.
Amazon rescinding the offer while I am on the notice period
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#32November 31st doesn’t exist.
Re: Amazon rescinding the offer while I am on the notice period
#33Go scorched earth. Email Bezos, Jaffy, etc. tell them the situation and ask for additional compensation.
I don't think that's going to accomplish more than this HN post on Christmas, honestly
Jassy knows how easy it is for engineers who passed the Amazon bar to find new jobs. He's going to think "Welcome to The Jungle, kid" and move on
If you ask me. OP dodged a bullet here. Amazon has turned into a toxic swamp
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#34I know a few folks relatively high up in Amazon HR/TA/People Ops type roles and the scale at which they operate recruiting is nuts. Mainly driven by the insane need for people in the ops/fulfillment/delivery areas, but corp roles are also similar. They typically make more offers than roles they have available, as they have fairly good analytics around what % of offers will not be filled post acceptance (ie someone si…
That’s terrible and it looks like you’re trying to justify this.
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#35I don’t understand why would someone trust Amazon or think to work there at all. Do people just don’t believe that it’s not a good company to work at?
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#36Man that is so horrible. Not all places are like that. Unfortunately it tends to be smaller places that are more trustworthy. I suggest that at very least you may need a good immigration attorney.
But all places are like that in fact. The best you can hope for are that they respect the law. If you didn’t experience it yourself it’s solely due to a mix of luck, never being at places that struggled and being hard to replace, that’s it.
> The best you can hope for are that they respect the law
Offer letters never provided much of a legal protection. We just treated them as if they did.
Amazon et al wouldn't rescind them by their thousands this year if that created a strong legal case against them.
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#37Is your current post already filled? I'm in the EU and filling positions left by people resigning has taken months. Talk to your old manager and HR. They might be more desperate than they appear.
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#38Sadly, that's the US for you. The corporate world can be a horror show and sympathetic HR is an oxymoron. I hope you can get yourself out of this bind. Still try to enjoy your Christmas if possible.
> Sadly, that's the US for you.
Eat crow, mate.
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#39These kind of stories really puts in perspective the whole “woah we software engineers at FAANG are so privileged”.
Re: Amazon rescinding the offer while I am on the notice period
#40Rescinding an offer that's tied to a visa is just extra shitty, sorry this happened to you. Surely they know the consequences that you'll suffer. I wonder if the Amazon leadership chain that collectively decided to do this has any remorse. Edit: Feels like something that governments should tie to individual company's ability to use the visa program. Rescind a visa-tied offer (for no-fault-of-applicant reason), and we…
So what's the better option? Laying off someone already employed instead?
It's not extra shitty, it's just as shitty as any other situation. It sucks for the person involved but the alternatives are not better.
At least someone that got their offer rescinded can sue for promissory estoppel.