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I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by tablespoon »

MattGaiser wrote: post #30
chrsig wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> - Amazon has the least amount of holidays of all FAANG, why? probably too focused on frugality to consider retention

Amazon has to be at the point of literally running out of nearby human beings to be concerned about retention. https://www.essence.com/news/amazon-burning-through-workers/

> Amazon has to be at the point of literally running out of nearby human beings to be concerned about retention.

It seems like they're more than willing to hire imports. I get more recruiter spam from them than anyone else, and I don't live anywhere near any of their major offices.

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by mynameisash »

rjbwork wrote: post #84
strikelaserclaw wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

was the sde3 just faking ignorance so he didn't have to help you out?

Possibly making sure that GP was at the bottom of the stack rank and looking out for his own neck.

That's what I assume his motives were.

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by bennysomething »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #82
sharkweek wrote: post #25

Hey congrats on making it 10 months! "Urgent to not block progress, but also ironic that they are asking a person who has no clue what they are doing to deliver critical work" Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately delivering on som…

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

I think it's performance improvement plan, but that's a guess

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by cjaro »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #82
sharkweek wrote: post #25

Hey congrats on making it 10 months! "Urgent to not block progress, but also ironic that they are asking a person who has no clue what they are doing to deliver critical work" Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately delivering on som…

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

Performance Improvement Plan. It's basically the company's way of saying "We want to fire you, but don't have a reason on the books, so here you go. In six months, pack your bags and go."

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by sharkweek »

lkschubert8 wrote: post #86
netizen-936824 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

Performance improvement plan

This, and it's mostly a death sentence. If you're on a PIP the odds you survive it are low, used mostly to manage people into quitting.

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by batmaniam »

The article mentions aggressive delivery dates, conflicting goals between different departments that get in the way of career progression, and massive amounts of stress as being 'normal' at Amazon.

And we already know that Amazon exploits and over-exerts their employees in other divisions, like warehouse.

At what point do we say enough is enough? Amazon warehouse employees are already pushing for better working conditions through Unions. When will we finally realize that Amazon is equally over-working everyone and join that solidarity effort so that everyone's working environment becomes better? Quitting doesn't change anything, we can see they just rehire and perpetuate bad culture. Even the author of the article says just that; he was hired to replace someone.

If nothing changes, your friends and colleagues (and your future children if they do engineering) will all still suffer at the hands of Amazon. And believe me, their work culture will bleed out to other companies. I've seen it.

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by [deleted] »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #82
sharkweek wrote: post #25

Hey congrats on making it 10 months! "Urgent to not block progress, but also ironic that they are asking a person who has no clue what they are doing to deliver critical work" Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately delivering on som…

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

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Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #82
sharkweek wrote: post #25

Hey congrats on making it 10 months! "Urgent to not block progress, but also ironic that they are asking a person who has no clue what they are doing to deliver critical work" Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately delivering on som…

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

Performance Improvement Plan- it's basically the precursor to firing that companies do to cover themselves from a lawsuit for wrongful termination

Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by [deleted] »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #82
sharkweek wrote: post #25

Hey congrats on making it 10 months! "Urgent to not block progress, but also ironic that they are asking a person who has no clue what they are doing to deliver critical work" Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately delivering on som…

What does PIP stand for? I haven't run into that acronym before

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Re: I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

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Post by tablespoon »

chrsig wrote: post #57
oblio wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you expand on this, please?

I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees

> I believe the commenter was implying that their policy takes retention into account, and amazon simply doesn't value retaining employees

I think there's some Bezos quote about people being lazy and it being easier to extract labor from fresh hires trying to prove themselves.

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