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by coliveira 460 days ago
They probably just "promoted" people under them and then immediately fired these people for "poor performance". It is an old scheme they have.
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iLoveOncall 460 days ago
No, they did not. Managerial positions are not a promotion in Amazon, they're just a lateral move, and the process takes around 6 months...

They did exactly what I said they did, moving some managers to IC in the very worst case but mostly shuffling teams around.

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coliveira 459 days ago
You probably don't understand what these people are capable of. You're right that the normal process can take several months, but I wouldn't discard them rushing a number of people to management just to lay them off as soon as possible.
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