Are RSUs or pay hikes offered for a lateral transfer at Amazon?
That’s correct. I’m going thru that process now.
Depends if you change job families
Same job same comp. look at your promo doc and figure out where the gaps are and if there are projects and people in your new team that can help you fill them. This is the value in completing an Internal Transfer
What if you have a competing offer from an external company?
What about level differences? L4 of current team to L5 of new team?
I don't think compensation changes unless it's location or title change.