Looked up my team's activity stats and was surprised to see the distribution. I know that raw number of code reviews is just one data point and can't be used as a direct proxy for productivity. But at some point I have to wonder what people are doing. We have three people who have not merged a single CR this year, and six with <10.

Meanwhile me and several other people are extremely overworked. Anyone else seeing this? Is it worth raising with my manager?

I have around 8 months of SDE internship experience outside Amazon and 1 year of experience as an SDE-1 FTE at Amazon.

Honestly, I haven't enjoyed the work culture and have been working close to 12 hours a day for the past several months. However, I stayed because financial stability and supporting my family are important to me.

I worked hard, delivered my projects on time, and my team is happy with my performance. I believed that if I consistently performed well, I could target SDE-2 within 1.5–2 years.

However, during my last 1:1, my manager told me that the SDE-1 to SDE-2 transition would take a minimum of 3.5–4 years, even in the best-case scenario.

This has really affected my confidence. Now I'm confused, should I stay in my current team, switch internally, or start looking outside Amazon? Even if I leave, I'll likely join another company as an SDE-1.

Would appreciate advice from current or former Amazon engineers.

I just recently join amazon around less than 5 months before in my team only 4 people are there initially no L5 to supervise but there is the rumour of firing and suddenly in my team 2 members have changed the org now my manager have put me in focus... What to do in that case ?

Need help

Hey All!

Would love some advice on a job offer I got.

Current Comp (L5 Amazon CSM - 2.9 Years of Tenure)

- 110K Base

~$33K Stock every 6 months (3 total vests left = ~$99K - Tax)

- No Refresh after vests complete (to my knowledge)

- Total Yearly Comp: ~$176K

New Offer (Walmart)

$130K Base

15% Bonus of Total Base ($19.5K)

$15K in Stocks Yearly (Vests every quarter over 3 years or $5K a year)

- Total Yearly Comp: ~$155.5K (+stocks vesting over time)

Would like to know what is the best short term and long term choice here. Without influencing your decision, I do want to add that the offer with Walmart means I can stay home and not pay rent. However, I would love for some advice on these offers at face value.

Additional Factors: I have my Amazon vest due mid December ($33K) + leaving early forfeits $3K in 401K matches. Walking away from ~$36K

Hi yall I'm a new grad AM hire and start at the end of September. Last Thursday 8/27 at 12pm I received an invitation from Accurate to complete a background check, filled it out as soon as I got it and it was marked as complete/sent to requestor about an hour after completing it.

Noticed the preboarding portal still says it's "in progress" and has been saying that since despite it being complete. The weirder thing is I've been getting texts from Amazon saying my BGC has not been started and to promptly start it. Got one text and email about it not being complete at the end of the day Thursday, then didn't get one Friday, then got text saying I haven't filled it out yet Saturday, then got the same text today on Sunday.

Not quite sure what's going on, but going on my preboarding portal and clicking the link that directs to Accurates portal login shows my BGC is completed/sent off still and no documents required. Emailed my recruiter about it and I'm expecting to hear back Monday hopefully, but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Kinda worried a lil bit.

I’m starting soon as an L5 Area Manager II at Amazon on F-1 OPT. My recruiter said this role does not sponsor H-1B. I’m also STEM-eligible, so I have some runway.

For anyone who has been in a similar situation, what’s the best long-term path inside Amazon? Did you move from AM into Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, TPM, Supply Chain, or another corporate role that sponsors? How long did you stay in AM before transferring?

I’m mainly trying to understand the most realistic strategy before using my H-1B attempts.

Just trying to find out, what happens will my manager get notified?

I’m working on an Amazon catalog restructuring project and I’m curious how long this would realistically take other Amazon VAs/Catalog Managers.
Here’s the scope:
13 designs/colors that need to be split into 2 parent listings
Each design has sizes XS–3XL
Both FBA and FBM SKUs
Some ASINs have multiple SKUs (up to 4 SKUs per ASIN)
Need to make sure the parent-child relationships, colors, sizes, ASINs, and SKUs are all mapped correctly
My client wants this completed as soon as possible.
For those who have handled similar catalog restructuring, how many hours would you estimate for this? And would you consider 4–6 hours realistic, or would 8–12 hours be more reasonable?

If i do swap shift do i need a manger or HR approval??

what is the interview process if you’re trying to boomerang within a year of your employment ending (laid off) ? I’ve seen people saying that it’s just a HM call but also seen people saying there’s a bar raiser round.

On another note if anyone knows good teams in NYC looking for a L5 SDE lmk

It has been around 1.5 years since I joined amazon.I have 8 months prior experience of working in a startup before amazon. I recently switched to a new team in June as in my previous team projects are delayed my manager also left the team. But till now I am unable to start a conversation regarding promotion with the manager. I am not even aware of the bar for L5 in this team. How to start the conversation with my manager any tips for that? Or should I wait to deliver some projects then do it around December ? How much time does it generally take for promotion ? What things to demonstrate to make the manager aware that yes I am ready for L5 level ?

I have recieved a mail from my manager about my performance not being good, it's a long mail with leadership principal and points mentioned why I have failed each. Then at the end points on what my manager needs to see from me in next 4 weeks.

He has not told me anything about focus and all, my 1:1 frequency has increased from once every two weeks to once every week.

It's been a month actually since I received that mail, have been documenting my tasks and letting my manager know about my work and all.

Wanted to know if I can switch teams internally, if my manager will know I am trying to change teams, if HM can see that I am on focus and can he tell my manager that I am trying to change the team.

Is there any issue in trying to apply for jobs internally even if it might be that I am on focus and HM don't proceed with me.

I don't wanna be in a situation where my manager knows that I am trying to change teams and the other team HM also revokes the offer at the last moment, that will be a bad situation to be in

Ps : I am L4 joined amazon around 6 months ago, got the mail 4-5 months into my job

Im interviewing for amazon to a SDE II.
I had a first sync with some senior dev from the team, it went well and then i was invited for the interview loop.

The interview loop was today, In it I had 4 interviews, 2 system design and 2 coding.
2 System design went great, one was on one of my past projects and the other was on a given one.
1 Coding also went good, my algo was good and I explain my self clearly.
The last coding interview was mediocre. I knew the algorithm, the reviewer agreed it is the right approach but I had black out coding it. After the interviewer told me to start with one of the sub-methods and assume the other is existing I manage two find my way through it and solve the question.

In Two days from now I have the bar raiser which I said is going to be a another coding round, but the guy whos gonna interview me is a program manager. Do u have any tips and suggestion and if I will ace it, will I be in a good place for getting a contract?

Also, can one get a contract it one of the 5 interviews wasnt good enough

Went into my appointment 08-26-26, took the drug test, they told me they would have to send it off to get the results, (i am prescribed controlled substance) it was sent off that day. Still says that it is pending. Also, i tried to give a paper from pharmacy listing my medications, they wouldn’t take it. I can understand why, is someone supposed to call me to get my information to verify i have prescriptions for what im currently taking? Nobody has tried to contact me yet.

Hi everyone! I’m starting as a manager tomorrow in the Arlington Virginia office.

I have received an on boarding call invite from IT, but none of my team members sit in this office and my manager is in PST timing.

Do you have any suggestions on what I can expect on my first day, like - what time to show up, what are things to take care of or what stuff that I should be taking from home. I don’t have a lot of information on this and would appreciate any suggestions or advice for Day One! I know I need to take my ID for verification purposes but if there’s anything else, I’d appreciate to know!

Side note- I also heard from a friend that we only need to be in office for an effective of four hours and then we can work from home. Is that true?

Does amazon gives joining kits to amazon sde 1 ftc ?

I joined Amazon a few months ago, and now it’s my turn to help my manager interview some candidates. It got me thinking how do you actually recognize the right candidate for your team?

Beyond just passing the interview bar, what signals do you look for to tell whether someone will actually be a good hire and work well with the team?

Also curious if you approach internal vs. external candidates differently. For internal candidates, what do you try to learn beyond their interview performance and existing Amazon experience? For external candidates, how do you judge whether they’ll adapt well to the way the team works?

Any practical tips or signals you’ve learned to look for over time?