Given how famous Amazon is for its frugality (read cheapness), are engineering employees sponsored for conferences attendance and given devices e.g. iPhones and android devices when they join?
Checkout perks.guide as well FYI
$50 a month for phones No it doesn't cover a phone bill but better than most jobs
If you have to travel internationally, recommend using wifi only. I used the $10/day international day plan and had to get L8 approval for an extra $50 phone expense exception. Just go offline unless you can be on wifi.
Where do u travel btw? Do software engineers get to travel internationally? I found that the best thing is to use a local sim or something like Google Fi just for international travel. Although Google Fi has the worst customer service
In europe we get an iPhone 7 and SIM with pretty much flat everything. Works internationally too.
Conferences yes, phones no
Is there a limit to conference sponsorship? Do they sponsor more expensive conferences such as wwdc etc?
Depends on the team and manager