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- How much extra value does Amazon get from its engineers because of PIP? I probably work 20% harder than I need to every day because I want to make sure I avoid PIP. Everyone knows about pip now, especially new grads, they probably work 10-12 hours a day. If you expand this over all of Amazon it's so much extra effort for free. If I was a (big) shareholder I would be ex
- Amazon being extra aggressive Is it just me, or have Amazon recruiters gotten extra aggressive lately? In the past 2 weeks, I’ve received 14 contacts (Emails, LinkedIn messages and a call) from 8 separate recruiters. I’ve never applied to Amazon in the past, or made any attempt at getting Amazon’s attention. Previously I’d get
- vote Extra tax bill @ Amazon? Looks like Amazon didn’t withhold enough Federal tax for 2021. Confirmed with at least one other person. Is it common every year and do people estimate their taxes and make quarterly payments? Note I didn’t have any capital gains and it’s my first yr at this place. #tech #amazon TC: 225 USD YOE: 7
- Anyone offering Amazon referrals? Would love the extra help! Hi everyone, I’m hoping to apply to a few marketing roles at Amazon and would love to get a referral. TC: 85k-100k YOE: 3 Location: NY Thanks so much :) #Amazon #Meta #Referral #Google #Spotify #Netflix #Amazoncareers #Microsoft #Marketing
- Amazon negotiation - extra bonus For Amazon PMT job, received offer with, (1) Base + (2) Sign on bonus (paid monthly for 2 years) + (3) RSUs (vest 5, 15, 40, 40%) Now it's my time to negotiate. Instead of trying to improve the above three variables, is it possible to introduce a 4th variable? Does Amazon have any yearly performan
- vote Amazon vs IMDb culture difference. Are there extra movie perks I'm not getting a straight answer looking on the internet. I've had people who worked at IMDb say things like they get perks at comic con or the Emmys. I've also heard people say it's exactly the same as Amazon.
- vote How much extra TC would you accept an Amazon job For me it's 100k
- How do you make extra side income? App gigs. Amazon stores. Kickstarter. Blogs etc How do you make extra income? Something that covers rent and food expenses without the need to have a consistent employer salary. $3000 at least per month. What type of side gigs that don’t involve too much coding (basic to intermediate) but still produces a consistent income? And something that d
- I just rejected an extra $90k+ skip-level at Amazon -- please reassure me I made the right choice TC: $290k YOE: 7 Non-tech / sales
- Going from a company with unlimited PTO to Amazon. Can employees take extra (unpaid) days off? I don't take much vacation, but if for example I have a year where there's family emergencies and my friends want to go on trips, does Amazon allow for unpaid extra days off?
- vote In amazon virtual onsite, i gave answer that i don’t prefer to work extra hours in push boundaries round.. Can it result into rejection?#amazon
- vote What would you choose PM Offers YOE 5.5 Haven’t negotiated the offers yet. Any advice? Is extra $ at Amazon worth the wlb? Does stripe abs coinbase boost sign on to compete?
- Does Amazon have a form of performance bonuses? Allegedly there might be some form of bonus structure where people receive equity. (This is not refreshers which are extra RSU for the underpaid). Can anyone explain how it works and what level of performance is required to get it? I'm asking in the context of L6 SDE roles. #amazon TC: n/a
- How to transition from coaching to PIP at Amazon If I leave Amazon while in coaching, I won't get any package nor unemployment. If I leave while in PIP, then I get a package and unemployment (right?). What are the best practices to transition from coaching to a PIP to get these extra $$$? #amazon #amazonbenefits #severance #layoff
- Amazon SDE Intern to full time conversion rate I got an offer from Amazon for summer internship but the end date they offered me is beyond my fall semester start date. I am an F1 visa student and hence need CPT to intern. University is saying I have to take another CPT work authorization for the extra 10 days in Fall semester which may or may no
- Is on-call paid in AWS Germany I have heard that on-call is paid extra in AWS Germany. Is that true? Can someone please confirm the numbers? TC: 75k euros #Amazon #Germany #on-call #engineering
- Is Amazon Hiring?? Looking to interview at Amazon but not sure if they are hiring. Can someone provide some insight if they know any teams who need an extra engineer?
- vote Amazon keeps increasing TC, what to do? I received bbg offer couple weeks back around 270+30tc. Was a bit overwhelmed and accepted without negotiation. Amazon offer came in late, my intention was to use it as backup anyway, because it’s amazon. Though I got matched to a pretty interesting team with decent manager (someone in my network p
- Microsoft Level 61 Offer Base - 128K Sign on Bonus - 30K (over 2 years) RSU/Stock award - 130K (4 years) Annual Bonus - 20% max Extra stocks - 16K (over 5 years) Not sure how they work, if someone can explain. I am calculating my avg TC to be around 189K, correct me if I am wrong. Did not account for extra stocks as I don
- On-call compensation Do any companies pay for 24 hours or any amount extra when you’re on call? Amazon doesn’t.
- Moonlighting at Amazon? I’m an Amazon new grad and as such I need extra cash flow. What are the best ways to moonlight or make extra money on the side? I’m a citizen, so no legal implications.
- vote There is a hidden compensation bonus at Amazon that nobody takes advantage of I'm surprised nobody knows this. Nobody at Amazon ever talks about this. Every time you add a new direct deposit in ADP, Amazon deposits $0.01 to verify the account. They don't pull back the money. Attach and delete 100 accounts a year, and that's an extra $1 a year. You're welcome. TC $515,001
- vote Do not join Amazon Was put on focus due to cr stats not being more than my teammates, now on pip as I missed an unrealistic deadline. My manager had asked me multiple times to work extra over the weekend. Extremely toxic stack ranking culture. The managers expects us to work additional hours to meet unrealistic goals.
- how long it takes to get piped in Amazon How long it takes to get piped in Amazon if you are doing bare minimum? Curious to join Amazon to see how it is but don’t want to work extra hours. would like to only work 4 hours a day. How long it take to get piped?
- link AWS incoming offer for L6 non-tech, curious on negotiation Area: Austin/Remote TC given early on: 275-380 Base requested: 230 Not seeing this L6 role on Levels.fyi so hard to tell comp at Amazon/AWS. Anyone who’s negotiated an offer, what did you move around and how much extra did you get? Or did they deny negotiated? Thanks!
- vote Am I right in doing this? I am an L4 SDE who doesn't wants to move to the next level. Why? Becuase Amazon has never made promotions lucrative. Why do they think I would want 100% increase in responsibility with a measly 20% increase in base salary and no extra stocks? YoE: 2 TC: 170K
- AWS Cloud Support Engineer Overtime? Do AWS CSE positions have opportunities for overtime? I see people talking about 50 hour workweeks. Is that 10 extra hours paid? #tech #aws #cse #support
- vote Salesforce vs AWS? **updated post with latest info ** AWS offer for L5 role (non-swe): TC : 230k Cons: Benefits not so great 2 weeks pto 14weeks maternity leave (from day 1) and Additional 6weeks parental leave after completing 1yr. Total : 20weeks of leave Support for IVF or IUI for(2cycles) Mostly remote- ma
- vote Meta E4 Offer Accept or Negotiate So I got a written offer today, the recruiter said it could go slightly higher, but needs competing offers which I can get probably beginning of next week. (Already in team matching for Amazon/Google, google still needs HC approval) Now I saw news about the hiring freeze. Is the extra 10-20k worth
- vote I Have 100k cash on hand to invest I want to invest 50k in Amazon and 50k in Google. I think after the stock split, the stock will go up again. Thoughts? Also, my current portfolio is already diversified in QQQ, VTSAX, Etc. I have an extra 100k on hand TC 180K #invest
- AMA: I caused 2 sevs at Amazon my first month! Before joining my current company, Lyft, I had a couple free months since I had already quit my previous job, and was trying to figure out what to do with the time. Sure, I could try to go on vacation, but travel wasn’t open due to Covid. So I made the decision that I would fill the void by doing a
- If you have an offer from Amazon and somewhere else, go somewhere else Can’t stress enough. I chose amazon over Microsoft and Nvidia for a few thousand dollars extra and now I’m ready to take a pay cut to quit this job. Biggest mistake of my life :(
- Don’t join AWS!!!!!!! I joined aws 1.5 years back. All the stories you hear are all true. I thought it would be different for me, no it isn’t. Very bad wlb, sickness, stress what not. Keep working at that small company, there are other companies with good wlb, don’t come here. Dont be the human who says we’ll see for ou
- vote Trying to Hire more than we need We have extended offer to an intern and a external hire. My manager mentioned, let’s try to hire another person. With current Amazon reputation and high external offers he doubts if they will join. Suggested us to consider a person joining, only after he actually joins on first day. We are trying
- Negotiating vacation Anyone successfully negotiated an extra week of vacation when moving to a big tech company? Amazon/Facebook/Microsoft/Google etc.
- vote Amazon Resignation After giving a two week notice, how often does Amazon let you go immediately? I’d like to take a small break between leaving Amazon and my new role. I’m wondering what the odds are of being let go immediately and being able to enjoy two extra weeks of R&R. TC: 250 #amazon
- Is Amazon really bad? Is Amazon really that bad or it's just perception? I have friends in Amazon and they seem very relaxed. No work on weekends and vacation trips, etc. Whereas in Azure, I do slog extra hours and if needed also work over weekends. So why Amazon, is not recommended? Given Amazon TC for next 4 years
- Phone bill question for amazon employee Does any know about amazon phone bill on concur limitation with max limit $50 #hrissues ? I have tmobile plan with $30 plan and my iphone cost $10 extra. Is everything covered by amazon ?
- Total compensated working hours for Amazon Berlin Hello, I am about to sign for Amazon in Berlin for SDE2. The contract mentions that : - Weekly working time = 40 hours - The compensation includes extra work up to 8 hours / week. This means there won't be an extra pay / off days before 48 hours / week. Is this normal for Germany? I was expecting
- Does Amazon compare candidates for positition if 2 candidates are good after the final interview, does Amazon queue the candidates for a position OR create extra position? #offer #tech
- vote Now I have my offers, I can't decide what to do... I have offers from Facebook, Google, Uber, Dropbox, and Amazon. The offers are very comparable, but the Uber one comes with extra equity since they are pre-IPO. I'm more into product rather than infrastructure, and so are the teams I'm being considered for. Opinions?
- Amazon Music work/life balance & culture TC: $270k Starting a new gig soon and wondering about the wlb and general vibe at Amazon Music. My last job was extra low stress and wondering what I'm in for.
- Ask me for referral at Amazon Not many people on blind might be interested in working at Amazon, but if you are, send me a DM and help me make some extra cash. Note: Please ensure that you haven't already applied for the requested job id, because I won't be able to refer you in that case. Thank you :D #referral #amazon #car
- Amazon vs. Google Hi, Assuming the packages are more or less the same, what other extra perks does Google have over Amazon. ? I know the free food part. What else? TC:265K YOE: 9#offer #tech
- WillI get Dive and Save in Amazon as a new grad? Have worked in Amazon since June but am unhappy with pay. If I get to other FAANG will my manager(s) dive and save an extra ~20K? Current TC: 70K GBP TC at Facebook/Google: >100K GBP Aiming for: at least 90K GBP
- AWS proserve offer I have an offer from AWS proserve ( cloud infrastructure role). Can someone advise how is the work culture and is it worth to take it? I am open to learn something new and spend extra time. I am concerned if the work culture will be horrible and about PIP. Current TC - $160K New TC - $250K YOE - 1
- vote Do you give preference to the tech stack while switching to a new company.? Am I the only one who gives the priority to the tech stack so that I don't have to grind myself learning new tech stack sitting extra hours or Are you normal..? #amazon #microsoft #adobe #meta #salesforce #walmart #apple
- Does manager get brownie points if they PIP/fire employee at Amazon? Happening to a friend who is on dev plan right now and on her way out. Her manager is insisting to not resign but let him fire so he could give severance. His extra generosity seems very dubious. @amazon
- vote Interview at Amazon L5 SDE or accept MSFT offer Got an offer for Microsoft L62 235k TC for Redmond and got an onsite with Amazon for SDE 2 next week. Contemplating whether I should interview with Amazon or just accept the MSFT offer and call it a day. Worried about WLB issues at Amazon and PIP culture. Is it worth to take the risk for the extra 4
- vote Google L4 vs Amazon SDE 2 offer eval Priorities: - WLB. Getting married next year - PTO. I travel a lot (6-8 weeks per year) - TC. (but prefer wlb over TC since my spouse is also a SWE at Google) - Learning. - Growth. Offers Base, Signing Bonus, RSU Amazon 181k, 191k Y1 + 141k Y2, 400k RSU 390k for 4 years Pros: TC, manager is ba