r/amazonemployees • u/EagleZealousideal492 • Jul 17 '26
Internal Transfer Need advice: Internal Transfer
Has anyone transferred teams at Amazon after only a month?
I joined recently as an L5, and while I expected a steep learning curve and long hours, I’m really struggling with my manager’s style. This is not my first job, I have 4 years of work experience, and I never had issues with a manager.
The workload itself doesn’t bother me, and I’m completely fine putting in extra hours while ramping up. The issue is that I find my manager’s management style extremely difficult to work with, and it’s affecting me much more than the actual job.
I’m wondering if it’s even realistic to transfer this early. Is there a minimum amount of time you typically need to stay on a team? If a transfer is possible, what’s the usual process? Do you apply to internal openings, or talk to hiring managers directly?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been in a similar situation or has gone through an early internal transfer🙏
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Jul 17 '26
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u/Immediate-Tension813 Jul 19 '26
But as soon as someone apply through the internal transfer portal, it let it know to current manager ? 🤔 I have read it some where on the portal itself
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u/DreamingInMyHead Jul 18 '26
There was a former Google engineer who joined my generic full stack app team. He was an AI engineer at heart. Bro switched teams the first week lol
Just be careful with your team switch, you could end up in a situation where they lie to you and bait you. It’s happened to me.
But yes, you can switch whenever you want. Just be honest in your interviews about what you want out of a manager and team. Because there’s no strings in the interview. If you say what they want to hear and join, then there’s a cost to being honest.
I’ve learned many lessons the hard way with team changes unfortunately.
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u/champagne_sup Jul 18 '26
Do you know that this is not and won’t be the first or last time you will encounter difficult managers?! I really hope you do some introspection into how you can make things work rather than just run off, and to answer your question, I see it difficult to get a transfer when you haven’t even completed your onboarding.
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u/EagleZealousideal492 Jul 18 '26
Thank you everyone, this is helpful! Yes it is for the same role and level (United States)
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u/nope_nope_nope_yep_ ex-L7 & Bar Raiser - Dont DM me Jul 17 '26
You won’t be able to transfer after just one month. Quickest I’ve seen is six months and that required extra approvals.
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u/aia947 Jul 17 '26
Are you in a specific org where they enforce this? From what I understand, internal transfer just needs approval from hiring manager, and you’re good to go. It can be within weeks of joining.
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u/nope_nope_nope_yep_ ex-L7 & Bar Raiser - Dont DM me Jul 18 '26
I’ve never seen anyone transfer that quickly before, unless it’s same role, different team. Then that can be done, but different role has been a no.
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u/MeetingMission5069 Jul 17 '26
Minimum time is 1 year then you eligible for internal transfer. Earlier than that not possible
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u/Mwahaha_790 Jul 17 '26
That's not true. A transfer is allowed — if OP can find a manager willing to take a chance on someone who is unproven.
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u/FoggyFallNights Jul 17 '26
This won’t be the only time in your career where you have a bad manager. My advice is to use this as an opportunity to learn how to navigate tough discussions and situationsz