An employee’s post about feeling pushed out at work after years of strong performance has sparked discussion online.
Sharing their experience on a workplace forum, the employee said they had spent four years at Amazon and consistently received positive feedback. Describing themselves as a “top performer” with “strong reviews” and “strong impact”, they said things changed after a new manager joined the team.
According to the employee, concerns about their performance began surfacing just a few months after the management change. They wrote, “A new manager arrives and a few months later I’m suddenly hearing performance concerns?”
The employee claimed they had been working harder than ever, yet interactions with their manager felt increasingly focused on criticism. “Every 1:1 feels like a performance investigation,” they said.
‘Every mistake gets amplified’
They further alleged that their achievements were being overlooked while mistakes received disproportionate attention. “Every success gets minimised. Every mistake gets amplified,” the post read.
The situation appeared to escalate when the employee received an email from their manager formally documenting concerns about their performance. This development left them questioning whether the issue was truly about their work or something else.
“The question isn’t whether my performance has changed, it’s whether I’ve already lost the political battle,” the employee wrote, adding, “Am I being paranoid?”
Social media reacts
The post attracted attention from other professionals, many of whom shared similar experiences.
One user wrote, “That’s nasty, you know that sometimes companies could, under certain circumstances, record patterns that do not align with what you supplied so far, because that manager needs to present something when cutting off, some corroborated data of sorts. OR. This is some instance of a rage bait reddit rant and I totally fell for it, wasted my 5 minutes in life and gave you my attention and engagement for free.”
Another person said, “Happened to me. Worked 6 years at a company, promoted to the moon, endless positive reviews until they brought in two top faang guys for the head of eng and product. Got managed out in under 2 years.”
A third individual said, “Its nearly always politics… you need to be providing some godlike value otherwise.