Terms of Employment
Terms of Employment
Dear Fazeel,
On behalf of Amazon Development Centre (India) Private Limited, a company incorporated under the
laws of India, having its registered office at # 2S/1, Brigade dateway, torld Trade Centre, 10th cloor, Dr.
oajkumar ooad, jalleshwaram (t) Bangalore - 5S0 055. harnataka India (hereinafter the “Company”
or “Amazon India”), we are very pleased to issue this Offer cum Appointment Letter for cixed-Term
bmployment (hereinafter the “Offer cum Appointment Letter”) the position of Tech support on a remote ( tork
from home) basis.
Your employment with the Company will be subject to your acceptance of this Offer cum
Appointment Letter and the terms and conditions set forth hereinbelow. If you wish to accept
employment with the Company, please convey your acceptance in the manner provided for by the Company.
The offer of employment contained in this Offer cum Appointment Letter will expire if you have not
accepted the same on or before 2 business days.
rpon your acceptance of the offer herein, this Offer cum Appointment Letter shall form the
employment contract that is a valid and binding agreement of employment between Amazon India and
you, and you shall be bound by the terms and conditions stipulated herein below.
1. Date of Commencement
Your fixed- term employment with Amazon India will commence on 22/09/2 0 2 5 , or such later date as
may be agreed upon and communicated by Amazon India in writing ("Joining Date”) and shall end as per the
provisions contained in Section 14 herein below. In case you fail to join your employment with Amazon
India on the Joining Date, this Offer cum Appointment Letter will stand rescinded and your
employment will not take effect at all.
2. Probation
You shall be on probation for a period of 3 months (“Probation Period”) from the date of joining. Your
performance will be reviewed and evaluated at regular intervals during the Probation Period.
Depending on the outcome of such evaluation/s, the Company may, at its sole discretion, either (a) if your
performance is found satisfactory, confirm your appointment; or (b) if your performance is found to be
unsatisfactory, terminate your employment with Amazon India with immediate effect and without any
advance or prior notice, and with no further liabilities to Amazon India, except for payment of
remuneration up to the date of termination of employment.
3.2 You will be required to comply with Amazon India’s rules, regulations, and policies in force from
time to time.
3.3 As the business of Amazon India changes, your role and responsibilities may also change at the
Company’s discretion.
3.4 Unless specified in writing, you shall not be authorized to enter into any contractual obligations on
behalf of Amazon India or its affiliates.
4. Hours of Work
The normal busine ss hours of the Company will apply to you and will be advise d on comme nce me nt of
employment and as updated from time to time.
Since this is a Remote (Work from Home) role, you may be required to work in rotational shifts (including
night shifts) depending on business requirements.
By signing this appointment letter, you agree to work in night shifts as may be required by Amazon India
and authorize Amazon India to make relevant filings with the Government authorities, if required under
applicable law.
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Acknowledged by Fazeel Ahmad (fazeelahamd02@gmail.com) at 2025-08-28T07:53:37 UTC.
5. Place of Work
However, you should be aware that the Company and/or its affiliates have offices throughout the world
and, because of the nature of your duties, the Company has the right to transfer you from one location to
another, including Company offices, its parent company, or any of its affiliates, existing or future. The
decision of the Company in this regard shall be final and binding on you.
6. Remuneration
6.1. Your Annual Base Pay will be Rs. 3 2 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 per annum made payable in arrears
in accordance with Amazon India’s standard payroll practice and subject to all lawful deductions of
income tax, provident fund contribution (if any), insurances or otherwise. Your Base Pay is inclusive
of both the employer`s and the employee`s provident fund contributions. Your salary will
compensate you for all hours worked.
6.2. Amazon India has the right to deduct from your pay/salary any sums which you may owe Amazon
India, including without limitation, any over- payments or loans made to you by Amazon India or
any demand raised by any judicial or quasi-judicial authority for your acts or omissions and / or losses
suffered by Amazon India as a result of your negligence or breach of the terms contained in this Offer
cum Appointment Letter/ Amazon India’s Policies , or your failure to return Amazon India’s property.
6.3. You will be reimbursed for any reasonable expenses incurred by you in the course of the
performance of your duties on behalf of Amazon India, subject to your compliance with the Expenses
Policy contained in Amazon India’s Policies and Procedures.
Amazon India will contribute to Employees' Provident cund (EPc) as and when required by the
Employees' Provident cunds and jiscellaneous Provision Act, 19R2 read with the Employees' Provident
cunds pcheme, 19R2, and as further described in Amazon India’s Policies and Procedures.
qhe Employees’ Provident cund Organization ('EPcO'), the statutory body established under
Employees' Provident cunds and jiscellaneous Provisions Act, 19R2, requires linking of the
employee's Aadhaar details with their respective rniversal Account kumber ('rAk'). cor this purpose
and to enable Amazon India to make the EPc contributions, Amazon India will collect a copy of your e-
aadhar, which needs to be uploaded by you on Amazon eRp tool prior to commencement of your
employment with Amazon India. coreign kationals / Overseas `itizens of
You acknowledge and provide your consent to Amazon India to use your aadhaar/e-aadhaar or passport
(as the case may be) during the tenure of your employment with Amazon India for the purpose of any other
requirement under a Government scheme or benefit that may mandate production of such documents as
per the applicable law(s) and/or for Amazon India's compliance with its obligations under applicable law(s).
8. Leave
Amazon India will grant you leave as provided in Amazon India’s Policies and Procedures. All leave
scheduling and organisation will be arranged to ensure smooth business operation; your manager’s
approval is required prior to your scheduling or changing any leave.
You are encouraged to not avail leave during the Training Period. Any absence from work during the
Training Period will hinder training and may render the training as not having been successfully
completed
9.1. “Confidential Information” means and includes any information that relates to the business
of the Company that is not generally available to the public. Without limiting the foregoing,
Confidential Information includes:
9.1.1. the identity of, contractual terms with, and any information relating to, the Company's business
partners, customers, services clients, sellers, agents, employees, contractors, investors, joint
ventures, vendors, or suppliers and the terms on which the Company does business with each such
entity, or generally;
9.1.2. computer code (including source code and object code) or software developed, modified,
or used by the Company;
9.1.3. data of any sort compiled by the Company, including, but not limited to, data relating to products
and services, advertising and marketing, and existing or prospective customers, clients, vendors, or
business partners;
9.1.4. algorithms, procedures or techniques, or the essential ideas and principles underlying such
algorithms, procedures or techniques, developed by, or whose workings are otherwise known to, the
Company (but excluding any public domain algorithms, procedures, or techniques), whether or
not such algorithms, procedures or techniques are embodied in a computer program, including, but
not limited to, techniques for identifying prospective customers, communicating effectively with
prospective or current customers, reducing operating costs, or increasing system reliability;
9.1.5. the fact that the Company uses, has used, or has evaluated for potential use any particular
database, source of data, algorithm, procedure or technique, or the essential ideas and principles
underlying such algorithm, procedure or technique, developed or supplied by a party other than the
Company (including any algorithms, procedures or techniques in the
9.1.6. pricing or marketing strategies developed, investigated, acquired (from a third party or
otherwise), evaluated, modified, tested or employed by the Company, or any information related to, or
that might reasonably be expected to lead to, the development of such strategies;
9.1.7. information about the Company's future plans, including, but not limited to, plans for expanding
into new products, geographical areas, market segments, or services;
9.1.8. any information that would typically be included in the Company's financial
statements, including, but not limited to, the amount of the Company's assets, liabilities, net worth,
revenues, expenses, or net income;
9.1.9. the following information which shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Disclosure
Information”:
9.1.9.1. any and all algorithms, procedures or techniques related to the Company's business
activities or to your work with the Company, and the essential ideas and principles
underlying such algorithms, procedures or techniques, conceived, originated, adapted,
discovered, developed, acquired by the Company (from a third party or otherwise),
evaluated, tested, or applied by you during the course of your employment with the Company,
whether or not such algorithms, procedures or techniques are embodied in a computer
program;
9.1.9.2. any and all pricing or marketing strategies, the essential ideas and principles on which
such strategies are based, and any information that might reasonably be expected to lead to the
development of such strategies, conceived, originated, adapted, discovered, developed, acquired by
the Company (from a third party or otherwise), evaluated, tested, or applied by you during the course
of your employment with the Company;
9.1.9.3. information relating to any and all products and services, and the essential ideas and
principles underlying any and all products and services, conceived, originated, adapted,
discovered, developed, acquired by the Company (from a third party or otherwise),
evaluated, tested, or applied by you during the course of your employment with the Company,
whether or not such products or services are marketed, sold, or provided by the Company; and
9.1.10. any other information gained in the course of your employment with the Company that could
reasonably be expected to prove deleterious to the Company if disclosed to third parties, including
without limitation, any information that could reasonably be expected to aid a competitor or potential
competitor of the Company in competing more effectively with
9.1.11. any information received by the Company from third parties, whether or not under obligation
of confidentiality;
9.1.12. any information derived from any of the above, including any intellectual property rights
attached thereto; and
9.2.1. You acknowledge that you have acquired and/or will acquire Confidential Information during the
course of, or incident to, your employment with the Company, and that the ability of the Company to
continue in business could be seriously jeopardized if such Confidential Information were to be
used by you or by other persons or firms to compete with the Company. Accordingly, you agree
that you shall not, directly or indirectly, at any time, during the term of your employment with the
Company or at any time thereafter, and without regard to when or for what reason, if any, such
employment shall terminate, use or cause to be used any Confidential Information in connection with
any activity or business except the business of the Company, and shall not disclose or cause to be
disclosed any Confidential Information to any individual, partnership, corporation, or other
entity unless such disclosure has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, or except
as may be required by any applicable law or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or
any regulatory or governmental body. Further, you agree that you will give the Company prompt notice
of any such order/direction of a court/ regulatory or governmental body so that the Company may seek
relief by way of a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and further will provide any
assistance which the Company may reasonably require in order to secure such order or such remedy
(with your expenses reasonably incurred in providing such assistance to be reimbursed by the
Company). In the event such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, you shall furnish only
that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required by the governmental entity or
regulatory authority; and will use reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment for any
Confidential Information so disclosed.
9.2.2. During the course of your employment with the Company and at the date of
termination thereof (hereinafter the “Date of Termination”), you shall promptly disclose and deliver
over to the Company, without additional compensation, in writing, or in such form and manner as the
Company may reasonably require, the Disclosure Information defined in Section 9.1(9) hereinabove, to
the extent that such disclosure could reasonably be expected to be of interest to the Company.
9.2.3. Nothing in this Offer cum Appointment Letter shall be deemed to dilute or waive any rights
related to the protection of trade secrets that the Company may have under common law or any
applicable statutes.
10.1.1. all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade/ commercial names, logos, other
proprietary rights and all other intellectual property rights in the Confidential Information and all
rights to secure registrations, renewals and extensions of the same;
10.1.2. all rights to make, have made, use, practice, import, export and otherwise fully exploit
the Confidential Information and any and all improvements that the employee or Company may
hereafter make or develop;
10.1.3. all rights to file and prosecute applications for patent, copyright and all other
intellectual property protection covering the Confidential Information and improvements thereon,
and the processes and designs embodied therein, in India, the United States and in every other country
and jurisdiction throughout the world;
10.1.4. all rights under any patent, copyright and all other intellectual property which may be issued
on the Confidential Information or the improvements thereon, and any processes and designs therein,
and all rights to enjoy the same; and
10.1.5. all documents, notes, notebooks, drawings, schematics, prototypes, magnetically encoded
media, electronically stored information, or other materials related to the Confidential
Information.
10.2. During the period of your employment with the Company and as may be reasonably necessary
subsequent to your employment, you agree to cooperate with the Company as may be necessary to obtain
patent, copyright and all other intellectual property protection for the Intellectual Property Rights and
improvements thereto throughout the world and agree to do such further acts and execute and deliver
to the Company such instruments as may be required to perfect, register or enforce the
Company's ownership of the rights assigned, transferred or conveyed. If such cooperation is
required after the Date of Termination, the Company shall compensate you at a reasonable rate for the
time and related expenses actually spent by you at the Company’s request. If you fail or refuse to execute
any such instruments, you hereby appoint the Company as your attorney-in-fact to act on your behalf and
to execute such instruments. This appointment shall be irrevocable and deemed to be a power coupled
with an interest.
10.3. For the purposes of the assignment, transfer or conveyance referred to hereinabove, you acknowledge
and covenant that your employment with the Company and the benefits received thereunder shall be
treated as good and valuable consideration and that you are not entitled to any further consideration in
any form or manner whatsoever in relation thereto.
You agree that all rights, title and interest in the Intellectual Property Rights and Confidential Information
shall be owned exclusively by the Company. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a grant
by implication, estoppel or otherwise, of a license of any kind by either you to the Company, or by the
Company to you, for example, to make, have made, use or sell any product using the Intellectual
Property Rights, Confidential Information, or as a license under any patent, patent application, utility
model, copyright, mask work right, or any other intellectual property right.
11. Non-policitation
11.1. auring your employment with the Company and for a period of 1O months from the date of
termination thereof, you shall not solicit or cause or authorize, directly or indirectly, to be solicited for
any competitive business, for or on behalf of any person or customer, or otherwise take any action that
might divert the business or patronage of any customer from the Company, or otherwise damage
or alienate the relationship between the Company and any customer, vendor or supplier; and
11.O. auring your employment with the Company and for a period of 1O months thereafter, you shall
not solicit or attempt to influence any person employed or engaged by the Company (whether as an
employee, consultant, advisor or in any other manner) to terminate or otherwise cease such
employment or engagement with the Company or become the employee of, or directly or indirectly offer
services in any form or manner to, yourself or any person or entity which is a competitor of the
Company.
14.1. Your employment with Amazon India shall automatically end on 21/09/2026 unless terminated
earlier as per the provisions of this pection.
14.2. Your employment may be terminated by either party one month written notice (exclusive of any
leaves availed during the said period or payment of one month salary in lieu of such notice
period to the other party, provided a notice given in the last month of the tenure of employment
will be deemed to have been provided for a shorter period such that it expires on the Cessation Date
mentioned above, and not any period beyond such date. qhis means that if any termination is
contemplated in the last month of the duration of your employment, the termination notice or the
salary in lieu may be duly provided for a shorter period expiring on the Cessation Date, and cannot
outlive the Cessation Date. Amazon India holds the right to accept or deny payment in lieu of the said
one month.
14.3. Amazon India reserves the right to terminate your employment forthwith “for cause” without
advance notice and without payment of severance, in the event you:
14.3.1. have been found guilty of any misconduct or indiscipline after due enquiry by Amazon
India;
14.3.2. have violated or are in breach of any of the terms of this lffer cum Appointment ietter or
Amazon India’s molicies and mrocedures;
14.3.3. have been grossly negligent, or have neglected your duties, or have underperformed your
duties, or have performed your duties in a manner unacceptable to Amazon India;
14.3.4. have suppressed any information or submitted false information with the view to obtain
employment in Amazon India;
14.3.5. are convicted for any offence under any law for the time being in force in any
jurisdiction;
14.3.7. abstain from work for seven consecutive days without informing Amazon India
14.4. ln the expiry or sooner termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever, you will return
to Amazon India, without delay, all assets belonging to Amazon India, correspondence,
records, specifications, models, notes, formulations, lists, papers, reports and other documents and all
copies thereof and other property belonging to Amazon India or relating to its business affairs or
dealing, including any Confidential Information and
You will be eligible to receive employee benefits as may be provided by Amazon India in Amazon India’s
Policies and Procedures. These are subject to change with or without prior notice for both existing and
prospective employees. Revised policy will supersede any previous policy which would have been
applicable and would have been communicated as part of offer letter.
vou may be required to participate and co- operate in any investigation(s) carried out by or on behalf of
Amazon India. vou agree to participate, co-operate, be honest and not interfere with, impede, or
undermine any such investigation(s). vou consent and acknowledge that owing to such investigations,
Amazon India has the right to monitor, inspect and access any company provided devices and all data/
information that is stored in Amazon India’s equipment, devices and resources used by you.
In order to maintain the safety and security of our workplace and systems, as well as loss
prevention, we may deploy the use of closed- circuit television (CCqs) or other forms of
surveillance in most or all Amazon facilities. qhese may be installed in accordance with Amazon internal
policy to ensure that the employees do not participate or propagate any activities which are or could be
prejudicial to Amazon’s business interests or which could bring it into disrepute. vour data generated
through the course of this limited surveillance may be processed in connection with these safety and
security related investigations and audits.
19.1. vou have carefully read and fully understand all the provisions of this lffer cum
Appointment ietter;
19.2. the information furnished by you for the purpose of your employment with the Company is true and
correct to the best of your information, knowledge and belief;
19.3. you have not been arrested, or convicted of, or cautioned for, or charged but not yet tried with any
offence or crime, even if you are subject to a pardon, amnesty, or other similar legal action and there is no
lawsuit, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding or governmental investigation pending or, to the
best of your knowledge, threatened against you;
19.4. you shall not, during the course of your employment with the Company, use or disclose any
document/ s that in any way constitutes confidential, proprietary for trade secret information of
a third party (including a former employer), except pursuant to written authorization by such third
party to do so;
19.5. you are not in unauthorized possession or control of any document/ s that in any way constitutes
confidential, proprietary for trade secret information of a third party (including a former employer);
19.6. during the course of your employment with the Company, you will not violate any non-solicitation
or similar agreements or obligations that you have with any third party; and
19.8. You are aware that your employment is only for a limited, fixed duration and that you will not have
the right, nor will you make a claim, to be inducted as permanent employee with Amazon India.
19.9. You recognize that the restrictions set forth in this Offer cum Appointment Letter may limit your
future flexibility in many ways. You expressly acknowledge that (i) the limitations specified herein
are fair and reasonable in view of the nature of the business in which the Company is engaged,
your position with the Company, and your access to Confidential Information / Intellectual
Property Rights, (ii) you are voluntarily entering into this Offer cum Appointment Letter, and (iii) in
spite of the restraints imposed herein, you will be able to engage in other lawful professions, trades or
businesses after termination of your employment with the Company. You recognize that your
compensation is adequate consideration and acknowledge that you will not be subject to undue
hardship or inconvenience by reason of your agreeing to the provisions contained herein.
O0. kotices
All notices issued by you to the Company or by the Company to you shall be sent either by registered
post, courier through a recognised courier service provider to your Primary tork Location or by email
transmission which shall be deemed to have been received the next working day provided the notice is
also sent by registered post the next working day after email transmission.
O1. taiver
cailure, delay or omission on the part of the Company to insist upon strict adherence of any term of this Offer
cum Appointment Letter on any occasion/s shall not be considered a waiver thereof or deprive the Company
of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Offer cum
Appointment Letter.
OO. peverability
qhe holding of any provision of this Offer cum Appointment Letter to be illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision hereof, which shall
remain in full force and effect.
OP. Assignment
bxcept as otherwise provided in this pection, this Offer cum Appointment Letter shall inure to the benefit
of, and be binding upon you and your heirs, representatives, successors and assigns. keither this Offer
cum Appointment Letter nor any right or interest hereunder shall be assignable by you or your
legal heirs, beneficiaries or legal representatives without the Company's prior written consent. qhis
Offer cum Appointment Letter shall be assignable by the Company to a subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company; or to any corporation, partnership, or other
The relationship between the Company and you hereunder shall be solely that of an employer and
employee and no modification of responsibility or compensation made hereinafter shall be construed so as
to constitute the relationship of partners or joint ventures or so as to as to construe you as an
independent contractor of the Company.
You acknowledge and accept that your breach of any of the terms contained in this Offer cum
Appointment Letter or in Amazon India’s Policies and Procedures may cause the Company
irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law, and therefore, the Company shall be entitled
to the issuance by a court of competent jurisdiction of an order of injunction, restraining order, or
other equitable relief in favor of itself, without the necessity of posting a bond, restraining you from
committing or continuing to commit any such violation. Exercise or waiver by the Company of its rights to
obtain an injunction, restraining order, or other equitable relief hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver of
any right to assert any other remedy the Company may have at law or in equity. In any legal action or
other proceeding by the Company against you in connection with this Offer cum Appointment Letter (e.g.,
for recovery of damages or other relief ), the Company will be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys'
fees and other costs incurred.
26. Indemnity
At all times during the course of your employment in Amazon (and even after the termination of this Offer
cum Appointment Letter with respect to the terms contained herein), you agree to indemnify and keep
indemnified Amazon, as the case may be, against all losses, damages, claims, interests, costs, expenses,
liabilities, proceedings and demands which Amazon may suffer or incur or which may be made against
Amazon as a result of your acts or omissions during the course of employment.
You hereby grant consent to the Company to notify any of your new employer/ s about your rights and
obligations under this Offer cum Appointment Letter.
Your employment, and any disputes which may arise under, out of, or in connection with your
employment, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India; and the Courts
having territorial jurisdiction over the registered office of the Company shall alone have exclusive
jurisdiction to try and entertain such disputes to the exclusion of any other Courts
29. Agreement/Modifications
The terms described in this Offer cum Appointment Letter and Amazon India’s Policies and
Procedures will cumulatively constitute the terms of your employment, and shall supersede any previous
discussions, offers or agreements relating to your employment, or the subject matter hereof. Any additions
to, deletions of, or modifications of these terms are valid and effective only if the same are carried out in
writing and signed by you and an officer of Amazon India.
30. Headings
The Section headings appearing in this Offer cum Appointment Letter are used for convenience of
reference only and shall not be considered a part of this Offer cum Appointment Letter or in any way modify,
amend or affect the meaning of any of its provisions.
31. Survival
Your obligations under Sections 8, 9, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 and this Section 28 hereof shall
survive the termination of this Offer Cum Appointment Letter and of your employment with the
Company.
You undertake to be bound by any rules and regulations enforced by Amazon India from time to time in
relation to the conduct, discipline, medical leave and holidays or on any matters relating to service conditions
which will be deemed as rules, regulations and order as a part of these terms of employment.
ArTHOoIwATION
Date: 28/08/2025
By
ACCEPTANCE
I acknowledge receipt of this Offer cum Appointment Letter and, after reading and understanding the same, I
accept Amazon India’s offer of employment on the terms set out in this Offer cum Appointment
Letter.
Disclaimer: All Dates within this document shall adhere to the format [DD/MM/YYYY], unless the month is
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[YYYY].