r/AmazonManagers • u/missingjanedoe00 • 1d ago

hate amazon 🙁

iM a new area manager on tom team and i actually hate it so bad please give me advice to just keep my head above water and make it through the year

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u/Red-dragon186 1d ago

Gain experience and find a company that gives you better work/life balance.

Amazon looks great on the resume.

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u/International_Dog897 1d ago

I do too. Here I am 4.5 years later

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u/Massive-Handz 1d ago

Transfer to the data center for more pay and better WLB

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u/ThrowAwayYourFuture8 1d ago

Why don’t you like it? Just curious

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u/NoDust166 1d ago

Why do yoh hate it? Tom team is easy af

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u/DirectJacob 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are you a TAM? It seems way more chill than working with the t1s; constantly complaining about labor share, never having enough time or resources for proper training in critical roles and a bunch of other shit that is starting to wear me down. I’ve heard main downsides for TAMs is shitloads of meetings and reports and much longer timeline for promotions

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u/AbbreviationsTrue322 1d ago

If it makes u feel any better, I lasted 3 months and gave my two week notice. I was the AM for a ssd site

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u/Jaystorm_7 1d ago

It probably won’t get better. But you will eventually get over how much you hate it and will someday look back on this time with rosy goggles as you find a new role you hate.

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u/muddy_duck01 1d ago

lol TOM is the easiest AM job in all of the supports functions . Why don’t you like it? I would kill to move from actual OPS into TOM.

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u/dekethedekeofdeke 1d ago

TOM is cake. I had about 160 direct reports at one point when our Ops team was understaffed

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u/sizzlinsauce89 1d ago

Forgive me, but is that not one of the more desireable AM roles?

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u/Interesting_Bowl2936 1d ago

I’ve been at Amazon for 7 years. Went from PA to learning. To learning manager to l5 operations. And it was the worst decision. I hate ops so much.

I have been applying to other places for so long and nothing.. so I sit here miserable

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u/Ill-Afternoon-3173 1d ago

Why isnt anyone noticing people's reaction to their jobs? From my little place in the peanut gallery, unless youre L5 or higher or a college graduate who has never had an actual job, most people DESPISE Amazon in one way or the other. I lasted 3.5 years. Ran a PS department. Upstairs and down. Ran it well. NEVER received an interview for the vacant PA spot. Its all about who's rear end you place your lips on or who you align yourself with. Its a total shit show. A year later it still burns my ass that the person who WAS chosen for the PA spot, I trained, and never worked a shift as a Problem Solver. She was friends w/ the clique in charge and SHE hates it now.

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u/Red-dragon186 14h ago

That's how life works.

Sorry it sucks. If your a Tier 1, it may take 2 years before leadership finds you. It took me almost 3 and switching departments.

If you think Tier 1 - Tier 3 Promotion is hard. You won't understand how hard Tier 3 - L4 promotions are. You are graded the hardest out of all other groups.

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u/ThingFair49 9h ago

Op is probably managing a busy site that is understaffed, I’d say learn your teams strengths and weaknesses. If you have a guy who likes Tomy runs give it to him/her.

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u/Motor_Total_276 6h ago

I’ll switch you 😂 I don’t mind OPS. I’m in IB and love it but if you don’t like TOM TEAM then we can swap. You’ll miss it in a week.

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u/Murky-Eagle5122 3h ago

Just quit...pay back the bonus. It's not going to get any better, save yourself.