[avl999]

The first part about PIP is bs. No one on any of my teams got pipped and I know of only 1 person that I know who got pip'd (in my 5+ years there). No one is forcing managers to fire engineers. Most teams can't fill their headcount and are constantly short-staffed with the turnover so even if for some reason amazon wanted to "fire" 10% of the people on each team it doesn't make sense for them to do so from a business perspective as none of the projects/goals would be met if they did that.

The only accurate part is the last part where you said that it can be stressful and there are sometimes long hours but working weekends is not "common" unless you are oncall and even when you are oncall on most teams you likely won't even be paged.

[lakotasapa]

I actually know a lot of PiP used. It's not the bottom 10% but it's almost always personal from mgmt to whoever they want out wo getting sued for wrongful termination. The so called get rid of the bottom "10%" is more through natural attrition via retasked to do demoralizing work. Yeah when you work for some bad blood. They will make your life a living hell.

Also not so much long hours bc you do that elsewhere too but it's more of high pressure to get things done even when things that don't work isn't your area to deal it. That's one of their most coveted principles: bias for action.

[giantg2]

Interesting. I think this is the first time ever heard someone talk positively about the place.