Amazon Vancouver L5. Base: 150k CAD Bonus: 1st year 46k CAD 2nd year 36k CAD Stocks: 48 YOE: 7 Current location: India.
Damn salaries in Canada are literally half of the states I see (This offer is 50% of a top us based l5)
Definitely not half, his tct comes to 151k usd, are you saying l5 top of the band is 300k? Seattle top of the band is 242k and bay area its 265k usd. Its as good as it gets in vancouver.
I’ve seen offers over 265 - not 300 but let’s say in the middle - in sv and nyc from amazon - without competing offers. (And gotten one over the number you pointed as top)
They said this is all they can offer in Vancouver 😪
You can earn more in US
True, but i will not get my L1 approved for US directly. I had only two options, either spend 1 year working in Amazon India or spend 1 year in Vancouver. I choose Vancouver cause pay in Vancouver is better than India. But true, in US even SDE1 earns more than this.
What visa allows you to directly move to canada from India? Good offer though, Its 10% less than the top of the band for vancouver location.
I am yet to get in touch with immigration body of Amazon. They told, they will be applying for work visa. 10% less than top of the band for L5 at Vancouver?
If you have a couple of years of xp, you should be able to apply for a PR right away.
Yes top of the band L5 is 165k usd at vancouver or 220k CAD.
Do you know how the appraisal go at Amazon Vancouver? What is the average base hike or stock refresh should be expected ? What is the WLB at Amazon Vancouver?
Wlb is subjective depends on the team, some are harsh, some are ok, forget about stock refresh for the first 2 years, post that depends if you are the same level then based on the stock price and your annual rating you might get refreshers to maintain your target tct. Hike is not great 2-4%.
Offer seems good but try to negotiate stock options. May I ask why don't you stay at Microsoft and then take a transfer to Redmond. I heard MS are pretty good for visa processing.
Microsoft base is around 130-140, plus no additional stocks. I have already spend around 2 years so i have vested half of my stocks here at Microsoft. So, not much insentive left for me to stay at MS.
That's right and you'll most probably get more interesting work as L5 at AMZN. Congrats.
Stocks seem low