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One Amazon employee with four years of strong reviews says performance concerns arose after the new manager arrived, making meetings stressful and recognition fading while criticism
They feel that their status has changed after the appointment of a new manager, which raises concerns about performance versus politics. (Photo – X/@JoinBlind)
An Amazon employee expressed concerns about their changing work experience after a new manager joined the team. The post sparked discussion among professionals, many of whom related to the situation and shared similar experiences from their professional lives.
According to the employee, they had been with the company for four years and had consistently received positive feedback. They described themselves as “top performers” with “strong reviews” and “strong impact” during that period.
Things changed with a new manager
The employee said problems only began to surface after a new manager took over. Within a few months, they began hearing concerns about their performance even though they thought they were trying harder than before.
“A new manager arrives and after a few months I suddenly hear concerns about performance?” They wrote. They also claimed that meetings with the manager became increasingly stressful.
“Every 1:1 feels like a performance investigation,” the employee said. This situation has left them wondering whether the criticism reflects their actual work or whether there are other factors.
Praise faded as criticism mounted
The employee claimed that his achievements were no longer recognized, while mistakes were highlighted more than ever.
“Every success is minimized. Every mistake is magnified,” the post read. They also said they received an email from their manager formally documenting concerns about their performance.
This made them wonder if they had really lost support within the team. “The question is not whether my performance has changed, but whether I have already lost the political battle,” they wrote.
The employee ended the post by asking others for their perspective, saying: “Am I paranoid?”
Others shared similar stories
The post sparked responses from professionals who said they had faced similar situations in their workplaces.
One user wrote, “This sucks, you know that sometimes companies can, under certain circumstances, record patterns that don’t match up with what you’ve provided so far, because that manager needs to offer something on the cut, some corroborating data of some sort. Or. This is an example of Reddit’s ranting rage bait, and I wasted 5 minutes of my life giving you my attention and input for free.”
Another person shared, “It happened to me. I worked for 6 years at a company, got promoted to the moon, got endless positive reviews until they brought in two of the best Fang guys to head up engineering and production. I managed to make it happen in less than 2 years.”
“It’s almost always politics… you have to provide some godly value otherwise,” one person commented.
“They are completely outsourcing your work. You did nothing wrong, they are just trying to create a legal paper trail. You did nothing, you need to create your own,” one comment read.
One said: “New managers deliberately set you up for failure so they can fire you and prove to upper management that they are willing to make bold decisions.”
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