I am based out of London and Amazon sponsored my visa, I just got dumped into the pivot today and they have given me two options: Either to leave amazon or to continue with the improvement plan. I don’t have any existing offer at the moment, but i have Google interview coming up and I think it will take 2 months of time for the whole process to get completed. I just wanted to know if I will choose the option of leaving the Amazon how much time I will get before my visa gets expired, and I have to leave the country if I will be unable to find the new sponsor for it? Does anyone has any idea about it? Please share. Thanks
What visa are you talking about ?
Go to yr doctor, say u have depression, In dr questions, fill accordingly, Take fmla of 4 months based on dr letter, prepare/give interviews/get offer in those 4 months. Do it asap before accepting pivot plan. Come back with offer, take severance pkg and leave amzn forever for good.
Google is going in hiring freeze, check with your recruiter and apply in other companies.
Are you sure? My interview is scheduled for mid August, and if I will able to clear screen round then have to schedule the rest of rounds in 2 weeks of time
Are you swe? Reason for focus? Org?
Yes. Unrealistic expectations. He is hiring a lot of people and wanted to increase the bar as high as sde3 for even sde1
Fuck him. Aws IAM org?
Not sure
Not common but not rare either, seen few times
File harassment complaint against your manager with all the documentation, reject the pivot meeting. Drag it out at Amazon as long as possible.
Also don't rely on single Google interview. It's the worst choice in this scenario. Go interview with startups or smaller companies in UK. They will be happy to sponsor new visa as they don't have to bear relocation costs for you. Maybe you will have a paycut but it won't matter much
Yeah anyone who is sponsoring visa is fine, then I can switch to big tech companies later on. But right now I need to get out of this mental stress
Ask for medical leave with proof. Not the first time i have seen this, f**k amz
Team match at Google takes a while, try to stall at Amazon if you can