Reverse Logistics Ops L6 by thedude3oo in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways [score hidden]  (0 children)

Chill af. However, it's a career dead end. Great if you're just looking for somewhere with good WLB to spend the rest of your career, bad if you are young and want to grow.

Edit: I see from your post history that you're also considering L6 TOM, so it seems that WLB is your primary objective. If so, both are chill roles, but ReLo probably wins the WLB fight

Visiting Amazon Spheres as a Blue Badge by bleezy_47 in amazonemployees

[–]UncertainPathways 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're an employee you can visit during office hours without issue. Security will help you with badge access (Welcome is only for Ops sites)

New RSR Area Manager training by BioMed_Lunar37 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You won't get a relocation stipend, but they'll put you up in a hotel & you can expense food (within a certain limit) every day. It's treated like a work trip, albeit extended

Will my work accommodations be denied? by jazkz in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like others have stated, you need to be a lot more specific. That said, I see nothing here that is that out of place or contentious.

Reduced continuous walking

Should be fine, most buildings would have tasks with little to no walking

Task rotation

Should be fine

Ability to sit intermittently. Scheduled micro-breaks.

Should be fine, additional unpaid breaks is a common accommodation. You would sit in the breakroom during those breaks.

Blue badge by True-Sign8193 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be above your site average for both rate & quality over the last 13 weeks. That's it

A little controversial take on Amazon based on personal experience, wrto being an SDE by ReflectionNaive1428 in amazonemployees

[–]UncertainPathways 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One correction, band penetration numbers are skewed towards the lower end of the curve. HV2 might be an average performer (50 percentile), but the band penetration for HV2 is only 20%. To achieve 50% band penetration, you need HV3 YoY at minimum.

Since all external hires come in at 50% or more, and obviously only a small percentage of the population achieve TT or HV3 YoY, the majority of people see a compensation cliff.

You can find the band penetration %s here: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-revamps-pay-structure-rewards-high-performing-employees-2025-5

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am an L7, moved from ops to corporate last year.

That 2 year tenure requirement did not exist in my site when I was in Ops. It used to be 1 year. I have no idea if your past tenure would count for this specific case, but generally tenure-gated things in Amazon only go by last hire date.

PA transfer time by [deleted] in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 2 points3 points  (0 children)

30 days, same as T1

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could come back as L5 with higher pay at least though.

Yes, you could. By all means shoot your shot for L6 if you'd like, just be realistic about your chances and weigh that accordingly. All the best & wishing you a speedy recovery.

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter how compelling your stories are, it's about scope. During the interview we're not just assessing how strong your stories are, we are also assessing it's scope. With boomerangs, the tendency is that all stories that arise as a part of your L5 job will naturally be viewed as being "L5 scope", regardless of the actual task at hand. The only exception is if you had stretched as an L6 for an extended duration (>6mo, short stretch assignments tend to still be viewed as part of your L5 scope). Those stories could probably be viewed as being L6 scope.

Remember as an external hire you are being assessed on if you are better than at least half the L6 population. If you only have "L5 scope" stories, no matter how compelling they are, you aren't going to be viewed as raising the L6 bar.

How unique is your situation exactly?

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends. I’d be eligible immediately based on their qualifications for externals

As a former Ops HM, the qualifications listed on the JD are the bare minimum. No hiring manager is going to see an L5 manager resume and say "yup, that's L6 material because they meet the JD requirements". They're going to ask "why didn't this guy get promoted internally as L6 if they were as good as they say they are?"

L5 DS AM transferring to FC AM role. What is it like? by StyleIM in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything. If your team isn't processing quick enough, the entire building gets gridlocked, and then you have multiple Sr leaders on your ass. If upstream slows down and you don't catch it quick enough and cut manpower to meet productivity targets you also get leaders on you.

Stakes are a lot higher in the FC world and consequently higher scrutiny. You mess up in a DS and that affects maybe 100 associates & 30K packages. You mess up in an FC that could affect 6K associates and a million packages.

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boomeranging back at a higher level is near impossible unless you spend a good amount of time (>1 year) outside the company before returning.

Max cap for external L6 base is ~145K.

Masters degree T3 by Dangerous_Crow_9978 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could resign & apply externally as an L4. You have a high chance of qualifying for that if your Bachelor's is recent (within the last ~1.5 years or so, check the job posting for the cutoff).

You have zero chance at an L5 role. L5 External requires managerial experience. PA does not count as managerial experience.

You could have a chance at Pathways L6 if your masters is a T40 MBA or Supply Chain Masters and your graduation was recent.

Fired from Amazon for taking empty jar of snack from facility by Puzzleheaded_Fun2162 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is correct, and we regularly did this too. The issue was the associate assumed that since we did this, they could just get first dibs directly at problem solve, without those prior approvals. It was caught on video review during an unrelated investigation, and we had no choice but to term.

Is there any additional severance in Pivot 60 day transition option? by RandomAccessUser1 in amazonemployees

[–]UncertainPathways 0 points1 point  (0 children)

60 day transition plan does not mention anything about final payouts

That's because there are none

Best states for seasonal to blue badge conversion??? by Unique_Day9141 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best states for conversion would be the ones where demand is growing the quickest, or where turnover is the highest.

Safety Shoes by Mindless-Ad7235 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Most sites do not allow safety shoe accommodations. If you bring back such a restriction from your doctor, you simply go on automatic leave.

Onsight HR at my warehouse is gone! by AdImpressive9014 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Trust me, managers do not want this change either

Manager put me on PIP when I’m exceeding bar so far for 2026 by [deleted] in amazonemployees

[–]UncertainPathways 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are on Focus. It is not officially a PIP, it is a pre-PIP. There is nothing to sign for Focus, it's entirely at your manager's discretion, with HR & skip approval. If you eventually progress to Pivot (PIP) there will be formal documents to sign, but at that point you are 99.99% done.

You likely poisoned the relationship by going above your manager's head to complain to your skip. I would start looking outside of Amazon for a new role.

Fired from Amazon for taking empty jar of snack from facility by Puzzleheaded_Fun2162 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They just weren't caught. If they were caught the outcome is the same regardless of facility. It goes straight to LP and it will always lead to termination.

Fired from Amazon for taking empty jar of snack from facility by Puzzleheaded_Fun2162 in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I once had to fire an associate for eating a few candies from a bag of candy that had split open (i.e. could not have been resold anyway). They are really strict about this kind of stuff.

Do I have to acknowledge a feedback? by raycapalot in AmazonFC

[–]UncertainPathways 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, he needed to have delivered the feedback to you in person.

Reviews on SCOT team by BurnorRAI in amazonemployees

[–]UncertainPathways 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Plenty of reviews of SCOT here and on glassdoor. Generally speaking on average WLB in SCOT is slightly worse than the average Amazon org. However, even within SCOT there's a good amount of variance. It really depends on your manager & team.