u/MannyJ24

Hey Everyone, hoping to get some advice and hoping this helps other people in the same situation. TIA.

I have been at Amazon for 5 years as a SDE. This year my team split and I got a new manager. Your general Amazon robot(never shows emotion). And here is my situation.

• L5 SDE at Amazon, currently week 6 of Focus

• Filing I-485 (Adjustment of Status for green card) next week. I-140 already approved

• Based in NYC

I am trying to maximize getting paid, buying time and the best situation would be going FMLA for a few months and then getting pipped. My manager set me up for failure by giving me a hella ambiguous project. Basically everyone was fired and I was supposed to figure out a legacy system built 15 years ago.

Moving on, has anyone been in this situation? Should I get on FMLA right now or when I they serve me option of going through with PIP or taking a severance?

There are plenty of posts saying that focus gets on pause when you get on FMLA while others deny that.

How does Amazons medical leave of absence factor in? Can I use that in addition to the pip?

Any thoughts would be helpful. Thank you.

I went though the following blind threads:

https://www.teamblind.com/post/Amazon-Pip-severance-h1b-Uscis-report-njY3BwwZ

“On Focus, about to be PIP’d” — your exact situation:

https://www.teamblind.com/post/on-focus-about-to-be-put-in-pip-lo1fshwn

Most detailed FMLA + PIP mechanics breakdown:

https://www.teamblind.com/post/Amazon—anyone-has-successful-PIP-experience-BmGNPOkg

H1B transfer after Amazon PIP — how it actually works:

https://www.teamblind.com/post/eyr6jFOT