After a five-month leave, I was nervous and excited to return to work, and I showed up that first day back with a big smile and a phone full of baby pictures to share. I figured I’d catch up with folks and get a high-level update on how the business was doing, since the strategy had evolved from the time I was hired. Here’s what happened instead: I was taken to lunch by a woman I barely knew. Over Cobb salad she calmly explained that all but one of my direct reports — the people I had hired — were now reporting to her. In the months that followed, I was placed on a dubious performance improvement plan, or PIP, a signal at Amazon that your employment is at risk. Not long after that I resigned.
Eh the problem is this is a big corporation and just like Apple can get away with those Chinese sweatshops, they can also get away with something like this. Nothing we can do really
No shock. There's no respect or love in the world anymore. Everybody is a replaceable drone. Nobody truly matters. Everyone from the garbage man to the president is replaceable.
I'm glad she left on her own accord. She deserves better
Eh the problem is this is a big corporation and just like Apple can get away with those Chinese sweatshops, they can also get away with something like this. Nothing we can do really
What was she expecting everyone that reported to her to be waiting around for 5 months? Of course they reassigned them to someone else. The rest of her story I don't know about. I probably believe her but still her initial surprise is not something I would expect from someone in her position.
No shock. There's no respect or love in the world anymore. Everybody is a replaceable drone. Nobody truly matters. Everyone from the garbage man to the president is replaceable.
I'm glad she left on her own accord. She deserves better
