Amazon EC2: frugality abused by managers, slower promotions, rising PIPs

2021-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Attractive projects and a protective senior engineer early on, then stingy equipment approvals, erratic tasking and slower promotion once hiring slowed in the pandemic.

AmazonSoftware EngineerPosted 5 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 1–2 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 4
Location: Seattle
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 1–3 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: 30–40 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Engineers
How colleagues work: Hardworking, late nights when needed
Office politics: Severe
Left the org in the last 6 months: Over 20%
Food: Not free, decent paid options

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Amazon EC2: frugality abused by managers, slower promotions, rising PIPs

AmazonSoftware EngineerPosted 5 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 1–2 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 4
Location: Seattle
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 1–3 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: 30–40 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Engineers
How colleagues work: Hardworking, late nights when needed
Office politics: Severe
Left the org in the last 6 months: Over 20%
Food: Not free, decent paid options

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