I am a “Director” in Oracle, left AWS sometime in the 12-24 months to join here (still have my Amazon Blind Account). At that time the compensation seemed decent at 500k. I was doing well in Amazon but had tough time with kids and family but survived pressure cooker atmosphere and thrived too. My TC there was 400k+ for 18,19,20 - which would have translated into 650k+ now had I just stayed at Amazon :( Now at OCI - I never had to work for more than 40 hours here. I get more time with kids, family but my comp still remains at 500k for next 4 years. Oracle is a stagnant stock! My prior manager reached out to me regarding my interest in moving back to Amazon at L7. I could be able to leverage say 600-650k TC. Is it worth to trade off 150k per year for little worse time with family, more hustle, pressure etc.
No
How much do you value your time and sanity? I left Twitch/Amazon when I had kids. I hated not being able to spend time with them. You never get that time back and I found that money didn’t really add meaningful connection in my life, but time did. Now I put in my 40 hours and I value every minute I’m at home not selling my time to someone else and not bringing work home.
Papabez really nailed it. Is it worth selling your time you could have spent with your kids?
You are getting a good money already . If I were you , I would have stayed where I got more time with family .
Only you can answer that last question homie. I wouldn’t turn to blind for that advice. But maybe you need another 12 month stint as a reminder.
Unless you've been living way beyond your means and are financially irresponsible, you should be way beyond the point of diminishing returns with regards to income and quality of life. When you're laying on your deathbed decades later, which would you regret more: not maximizing your potential TC or not spending enough time with your family? You mentioned them in your post so I think you answered your own question already. You've made it in life already, good TC and a family. But you're still looking over your picket fence and seeing rat race after a cheese wheel that's seemingly only growing bigger. The only mistake you've made so far is not deleting Blind, otherwise you wouldn't be running these what-ifs in your head. So delete this app. GTFO and go spend as much time as you can with your family (they will not resent you for not making more $$)
Well said
TC or life - I prefer life
I think some folks miss the pressure. Both getting pressured and pressuring others. If you still need the challenge, take the promotion.
I do miss the pressure - it also feels surreal that I am able to attend my kids school meetings, PTAs (I never showed my face), spend time with them without looking at phone, not hearing the dreaded chime (Amazon internal messenger) pings on my phone.
So then what's holding you back? It sounds like a no brainer that OCI is the better "deal". If you miss it, you can create pressure for yourself and overperform if you want at Oracle I assume. You will blink and you'll find your kids are grown up. You can amzn for a comp boost any time. But nothing on this planet will give you back the family time.
Is there honestly a meaningful (or any) difference in QoL between earning 500k and 650k?
One’s FIRE spreadsheet shows different exit dates
Retirement is almost as bad as smoking for your longevity. I don't get the mad rush to retire. Retire then do what? Catch butterflies?