I need to negotiate an offer for L5 position at Amazon Vancouver. I have 7 years of experience. Can you tell me what range should I send them considering to my years of experience and Vancouver location. Is asking 250k CAD is right ? To give more information I have already worked with Amazon before on L4 position.
Any pointers will be appreciated
I think your request for 250k CAD sounds reasonable. Nobody should accept an L5 offer for Amazon Vancouver below that TC figure, otherwise Amazon Vancouver will never adjust the salaries. Families actually struggle on <150k CAD family income in Vancouver and easily run into debt or break even at best. Singles might face that problem <80k CAD. So assess your situation and your _global_ market value and then make an informed decision. If you are eligible to work in the US, there is really no point moving to Canada. Consider Seattle instead and if you like the PNW there is no problem crossing the border at the weekend. You will afford your BC cabin with a Seattle salary in less than a decade... With your Vancouver salary you can hope to not get into debt problems.
I will living with my family. I actually interviewed for Seattle position but hr came back that they can not put me through for Visa for Seattle so he asked me if I will consider Canada. That's why I am evaluating if I should consider the offer cause it's highly unreasonable for two cities to have such huge differences in offers even though both cities are equally expansive.
200k is low for Vancouver COL.. it is quite expensive out there
What should be sweet spot for compensation to ask for ?
Can you elaborate, what your visa issue was?
They said as I left Amazon when I was at L4 position and I am joining at L5 position, they can not proceed with my Visa application because I have to be on L5 position in Amazon for 365 days before applying for L1 Visa for Seattle.
Are you based out of US office of Microsoft now? Also, I heard L1 can be applied if you worked in the same company for at least an year in the past 3 years. I know one of my friends who came to US on H1B and then converted to L1 after 2 years.
HR said he can maximum go till 200k CAD. Why salaries are so low in Canada compared Seattle ?
Less demand, more supply
Is 200k is worth it in Canada? What about the cost of living in Vancouver and high tax that I need to pay in comparison to Seattle ?