very confused with 2 concepts of levels and whatever they call SDEs. with audible it adds more confusion. Have almost 8 years of experience, got an offer at l9 in audible, but as SDE 2, and not 3. talking to their director, they told L9 is equivalent to L6 in Amazon. Can someone please help me decipher this? Is this a worthy offer assuming I did really well in my interview.
The offer is for Newark office: Base: 170k Sign on: $60k (1st year only) RSU: $180k vesting over 3 years at 33% per year. TC: $290k YOE: 8 years at big tech company (one company but multiple divisions) Interview: Great, with all positive feedback Is this a good offer? I wanted to compare salaries with others but Audible doesn’t have much data over the internet to compare
The offer is the bottom of band for L6. They’re not lying to you but the upper bound is more near $330, which is what you’re expecting. TC on Blind is likely higher due to stock appreciation but new offers will be at the original range. I’d ask for more and not be afraid to walk away.
Exactly! They did mention that company is over performing in last 5 years and with an increase in stock price, your TC would go above $300k easily. But it seems like they are using that as a reason to lowball which I believe I need to negotiate on.
This is a high L5 SDE offer in premium markets. Lowball L6 offer anywhere.
That 33% vesting over three years is notably good - usually our vests are back weighted over four years(5/15/40/40).
Audible L9 maps time the low end of Amazon L6. The level differences cause a mess anytime there is an Audible <-> Amazon transfer
I interviewed in Amazon NY and Audible , got Audible L10. Here is what I found. L9 is low L6. Cracking L10 is harder than general amazon SDE 3 interview . Audible L10 are payed more than Amazon L6 by a 100k+ difference. I used audible offer to jump my amazon and joining Amazon NYC team
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Why does level matter? Look at TC? FWIW Level 9 does map to L6 but somewhat overlaps with L5.