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☆ Official Amazon HR document reveals a spike in employees put on PIPs during a time of record layoffs
  + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Layoffs vs. terminationsThe spike in PIPs coincided with 27,000 layoffs that Amazon announced between November 2022 and March 2023. "Managers, however, do not engage in performance management work eagerly. "To suggest we use our performance management process to drive any other outcome, such as reducing our employee base, is wrong," Callahan added in a statement. PIPs and quiet firingSome Amazon employees previously told BI that the company had put more people on PIPs as part of what they perceived as the quiet-firing push. Amazon had roughly 400,000 total corporate employees in that period, according to another internal document obtained by BI.
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☆ Performance-improvement plans in tech: 4 Google and Amazon employees share what happened after they were put on PIP
  + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
A former Amazon employee said they developed PTSD from the demanding work. A former Amazon employee was put on PIP and lost a $110,000 deposit on a houseA former Amazon Web Services employee thought things were going well before he was put on a performance-improvement plan called Pivot. An Amazon employee said Amazon placed some employees in a coaching program called FocusA marketing manager at Amazon described getting emails from their manager saying they were underperforming and needed coaching. Later, they said, a coworker pointed out that the manager might've been referring to a coaching program for underperformers called Focus. AdvertisementAn Amazon representative disputed the former employee's account, saying it "does not represent the experience of the vast majority of our employees."
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☆ I worked in Amazon HR and was 'disgusted at what I was seeing' with performance improvement plans. Then I got put on a PIP and knew I had to quit.
  + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
A former HR staffer at Amazon put employees on a performance-improvement plan known as Pivot. Then the HR staffer, who said they developed PTSD from the work, was put on their own PIP. Either the Pivot appeal or the Pivot work that workers' managers had to do. And look, I'm not going to say you're going to ever find this somewhere, locked down in words. AdvertisementI have PTSDI was disgusted at what I was seeing with the Pivot process.
Persons: —, I'm, Pivot, it's, wasn't, I'd, I've, everybody's, didn't, Let's, Margaret Callahan Organizations: Amazon, Service, Business Locations: United States
☆ In a leaked recording, an Amazon HR executive hints at rehiring employees who were laid off
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
AWS HR VP Ian Wilson said Amazon is looking for ways to rehire some of the laid off employees. Amazon laid off over 18,000 employees in January. Amazon slashed over 18,000 jobs in January to deal with slowing growth and a volatile economy. Some of those laid off employees may soon get a call to return to the company. Wilson said re-staffing laid off employees has been "top of mind" for him, but it's been difficult because of Amazon's recent hiring freeze.
☆ Ex-Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals — and faced retribution when they resisted
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +17 min
Former Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals. In anticipation of Amazon's performance-review period, he told Insider, he'd kept careful notes on what his employees were doing well and where they could improve. These people said leadership would place employees in Focus even if the managers of those employees said that the workers had met or exceeded expectations. A few weeks later, he said, his manager told him he was on Pivot and had the option to leave the company with severance, which he did. Amazon managers are required to submit their performance ratings for employees in an online tool, then discuss their rationale with managers above them, he said.
☆ Google, Amazon, and Microsoft layoffs will result in a 'bloodbath' of 40,000 jobs lost. Inside the tech industry's week from hell.
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Rosalie Chan | Ashley Stewart | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google announced layoffs of a total of 40,000 employees this week. Tech companies embarked on a massive hiring spree as the Covid-era made their products the backbone of the world's remote-working offices. The era of tech companies spending like rock stars is overOver the last decade Big Tech companies spent money "like 1980's rock stars," wrote Dan Ives, managing director at the investment firm Wedbush . On the other end, tech companies may look much different this decade as they did in the last. As companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft cut costs, they'll find ways to operate leaner, and their stock prices will stabilize.
☆ Alphabet CEO's memo announcing layoffs does exactly what it should: address the remaining workers
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
HR experts say it's critical for leaders to address remaining staffers' anxieties after layoffs. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's memo Friday announcing layoffs at Google is a good example of that. Pichai's reassurances might mitigate some of the unrest that can follow layoffsPichai's address to remaining employees could help ameliorate survivor syndrome. Employees remaining at a company that just conducted layoffs are likely worried about the organization's stability. Employers should also be clear with remaining employees about the reasons for the layoffs.
☆ Microsoft layoffs show that no tech company is safe to work at right now
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
On Wednesday, Amazon started its largest round of layoffs in company history after giving employees the heads up that they were coming two weeks earlier. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and today, we dive into why all Big Tech employees are at risk of losing their jobs. Microsoft's layoffs proves that there is no such thing as a safe tech company to work at right now. The list of tech layoffs is long: Facebook, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Salesforce, Microsoft, and more. The SVP of People Experience and Technology sent two missives on the first official days of Amazon layoffs.
☆ A key executive involved in Amazon's 'earth's best employer' initiative was investigated by the company after allegations that she created a hostile work environment
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
An executive involved in Amazon's "earth's best employer" initiative was recently investigated by the company after multiple employees alleged she created a hostile work environment, according to people familiar with the situation. Hastings' team of researchers, data scientists, and economists is generally tasked with studying and improving workplace culture across Amazon. The company's investigation lasted several months, much longer than the typical few weeks, seven people familiar with the investigation told Insider. We thoroughly investigate and take action where necessary," the spokesperson for Amazon told Insider. Those deemed to be underperforming are put into Amazon's Focus system.
☆ I took an $18-an-hour job in an Amazon warehouse to cure the spiraling depression I felt as a CEO. It worked — and gave me a new perspective on the industry.
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Hannah Towey | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
He quit his CEO job and began working 11-hour Amazon warehouse shifts during the company's busiest season. I decided to take a warehouse job at AmazonIt felt like the one thing I really needed for myself was some structure — wakeup times, some exercise — just to get out there somehow. Philip Su worked in an Amazon warehouse for seven weeks. My warehouse job lifted me out of my depressionI took the job because I was desperate for something to enforce regularity for me, and I very much benefited from Amazon doing that. Are you an Amazon warehouse worker with a story to tell?
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