HQ2 Already Broken

I know there are bad managers in all companies and divisions of Amazon, but AWS Public Sector in VA is particularly bad. I've known several people who have been denied the opportunity to transfer out to another part of the organization. Apparently there is a secret "no transfer" list your boss can put you on even if you have never had a bad performance review or you are meeting and exceeding your goals. 

I've known several people who have been "put on a pivot plan" even though they consistently met or exceeded their mbo's and business goals, just because their new management (mostly coming from Cisco) didn't like them. I know one guy who was demoted even though he was THE top performer in his group. No reason, they just didn't like him. 

HR consistently does nothing to correct these bad managers and only exists to do their bidding and mitigate risk. STAY AWAY from AWS Public Sector.