Okay, so I joined Amazon as a "new grad" after master's. TC is ~170k. I had close to 3 years of experience in startup-ish cultures where the focus is more on getting things done than dragging it to the point where I'm asked to fix an extra spaces in comment and documentation. It's just annoying and I don't see it adding any value to either the product or my personal growth. The culture feels like it's promotion driven rather than doing what it takes to get the best product out faster. So after a grand total of 3 months after joining, I feel like I made a mistake and hate going into work now. (Only reason I joined was I had a return intern offer and was distracted due to personal reasons instead of interviewing more). Also, I was what would be equivalent of SDE3 (2x promotions) and I've got a hard reset on my career ( HR won't let me interview for sde2, and I don't think I'll be promoted soon enough, my team isn't good with that). But, I'm happy with my manager (he's trying to make it better for me), team and pay (I can always make more, but satisfied). Should I slug it out for at least a year or start exploring ? (I'm feel im okay at leetcode, solved ~200 questions now out of frustrations and gonna look at grokking the design interview). I looked at switching teams but it looks like it's discouraged before a year and I don't think I'll last that long. Also, I'm so disgusted by the processes I'm looking to change roles (FDE/presales/consulting/solutions engg.).
If it's only 3 month better to leave now and leave it out your resume. Nobody asks for only 3 months
Amazon will suck you dry and the compensation is not competitive. They are also notoriously frugal
I disagree. Where else can you make > 200k TC with less than 3 years of experience?
Agree and disagree. Disagree: My offer is at least as good as what my friends got at FB and Goog fresh out of college (not a lot more but not too shabby, and the AMZN train could take it anywhere) and more than other big companies but with location disadvantage so đ¤ˇââď¸ (MSFT/ LinkedIn/Bloomberg) Agree: The growth isn't as great from what I heard around and I'll always have someone paying more money for what I do.
Leave now. The feelings will only grow stronger because everything you said is right. I only stay cuz it's easy money for the work I do. After a year here, I haven't learned as much as I did in start ups.
200k total comp (base plus bonus) is a misrepresentation because you are not guaranteed your bonus. What is your base?
Bonus? What bonus ? Amazon has lul zero bonus (except for joining bonus). If it helps, mine's 125 + (40+32.5 joining bonus) + 61 stocks vesting over that horrible soul sucking vesting schedule.
AMZN is trading at 1723 so you have about $105k in âstock optionsâ that vest over what, 4 YEARS? So thatâs 26k a year LESS cap gains tax and you are left with about 19k per year assuming all things equal. If stock price drops below strike price then you are out of luck. Now take in to account the number of hours you work per week. I know some ppl who work at AMZN who work like dogs.
You can always change teams, not all teams are equally frustrating although identifying new teams is a bit of a challenge as well: Thereâs always some amount of process and politics wherever you go, Iâve had that in startups and in big cos so itâs also about identifying what bullshit youâre willing to put up with vs what youâre not.
Is the team change process difficult? I havent done coding interviews in forever. But im really hating my team too.
I had my team changed in just a month from joining. It's possible.