CompensationMay 21, 2018
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Paid time off at Amazon

Is Amazon willing to negotiate paid time off as part of an offer?

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Amazon DelhiBelly May 21, 2018

No.

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Tzal02 May 21, 2018

My company used to. Then it all got standardized :-/

Amazon takla_ May 21, 2018

No

Amazon Flows May 21, 2018

No. None of the big ones do, to my knowledge

Twitch tteam May 21, 2018

The lashings will stop when your work is finished. Bezos will smile down upon you.

Microsoft Lotl May 21, 2018

I have heard it can happen unofficially on some teams. More a “look the other way” than official PTO that can be cashed out.

Amazon sarcasticg May 22, 2018

True this. I've negotiated for an extra week of PTO that is off the records.

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popopopopo May 21, 2018

I asked this very same question when I was negotiating with them which was very recent. Recruiter told me that officially the answer was no but that I could always strike a back door deal with my new manager.

Twitch 3YmbE8qZ5P May 21, 2018

It's a nightmare to track different allowed PTOs for different ppl officially specially when company has 500k employees. that's the reason most of the company have stopped negotiating on official paid time off..

Amazon Flows May 21, 2018

When I joined I was told “I don’t care how much time you take off if everyone thinks you’re doing a good job. You self report your vacation”

Amazon n0v May 21, 2018

Translation: you won't have time to take vacation, but if you spend a lot of weekends and you deliver, we might overlook a day here and there.

Amazon Flows May 21, 2018

That’s not how I took it or actually used it. I’ve typically taken almost double my official allocation. Been here ten years and done well.

Amazon moogan27 May 21, 2018

So I think the answer is generally no but I know someone brought in as a GM (L8) who was able to negotiate time off