Re:Laying myself off from Amazon
by shitlord on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:29PM
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Hiring managers have a lot of latitude at Amazon, so there isn't a consistent standard. I don't want to share too much PII but I was in a similar situation. I was able to transfer teams after an informal chat with a few engineers on the team (discussing past projects, the new team's product vision, etc.). There was no whiteboarding involved.
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Re:Laying myself off from Amazon
by bboygravity on Thursday November 17, 2022 @02:37AM
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So the internal hiring managers are there for no reason at all?
The hiring managers are themselves managers of the team e.g. for a team of devs, a software development manager. In parent comment's case, the manager likely asked for opinions from the team after the chats before giving the final approval.
Yup, that's exactly what happened.
IME, the best managers are the ones who trust and enable their teams to make the right decisions. It would be a red flag if the manager was just giving out offers without allowing the team to provide their input.