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No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
It is still a toxic place. Perhaps more so. Amazon now paying similar to Facebook might make it more desirable to people now. But expect the internal competition to increase and PIPs being more frequent. URA still exists and it has been expanded to cover more people now (Getting the lowest rating...Read more
I accepted an offer from Microsoft but it’s relatively low compared to other companies. I heard some companies increased salaries in order to match the markets after inflation. Will Microsoft adjust salaries in the near future? #microsoft #salaries
SDDs these days are moving from Amazon to other FAANG and getting massive pay raise. How’s work life balance with this new massive compensation? Is it same as existing employees at the same level in your new company? Meta paying $400k to SDE2 must be sucking their life, no? #amazonthinking #enginee...Read more
I hear from some of my friends that Amazon is going to increase the salary for new grads and update the band for current employee accordingly. Are the rumors true ?
I left Amazon can I negotiate salary if I go back within 90 days for the same role? L6 Program Manager #tech #Amazon
In the recent stock market correction, I had a bitter bitter realization that stock options are not the same as cold hard cash and wanted to see what is out there for base salary. I know that Amazon is capped at 160k while Netflix goes as high as 500k 🙄🙄🚀. What are the other companies that give a...Read more
Amazon has increased salary band by 20% which will mostly help external hires. New pay bands for SDE/SDM in Seattle - L7 - 800k - L6 - 500K - L5 - 300k Amazon can go higher with competing offers. I have released an SDE III offer for 500K without any exceptions. Also an SDE 2 offer was released fo...Read more
I was one from today 7am let go email I am on H1B , have question regarding when my 60-day grace period is going to start They have said it’s going to be no access from today and no work for Amazon.. but will get 2 months salary + severance Does that mean my 60day period started or is my 60 day b...Read more
How are the salaries for SDE-2 level at Amazon Toronto and Vancouver offices? Anyone can share Google L5 Salaries in Canada? Also, amazon canada peeps, How did your PCS go? TC - 210 USD #tech #career #offer
I am going to get promoted to an SDE 2 position pretty soon in Amazon (Seattle). My currently salary is $120 k. What Salary raise can I expect? And can I negotiate? What is generally the range for SDE 2s in Amazon (Seattle)?
I got new grad software engineer offers from both months ago. Amazon (AWS) in Seattle tc $180k ($140 salary, $40k bonus), Bloomberg in nyc tc $170k (150k salary, $20k bonus ). I barely had time to decide and accepted both because I really was stuck. I like the idea of being young in nyc which is ...Read more
Significant chunk of my team members are permanently leaving Seattle and still collecting Seattle pay checks. My boss working from Hawaii and org VP embraced WFH saying 'at best' we will be a hybrid org. Other team members permanently moved to cheaper states. Over 90% of amazon employees want WFH in...Read more
I have signed the offer last April. While negotiating, Amazon was bragging that they sponsor people and it is a huge plus. I have chosen Amazon and turned down bunch of other offers. After months, I got the work permit printed on my passport. I told this to Amazon and upon their approval I gave my r...Read more
1. Google started a L4 lowball offer with 255K in HCOL! Ridiculous, and when I gave them competing offers they refused to match. They don't even consider current pay which is nuts! 2. Interview process sucks! Amazon has 5-day promise after on site, you get an offer letter within 5 days of on-site, t...Read more
I am a senior product manager and my total take home this year will be $180. Reading through these threads and its difficult to determine a good pay range is. I look at sites like Glassdoor and payscale, the ranges seem wide. If I were to go by numbers on blind I'd say I'm under paid. Is it becau...Read more
Fired e5 metamate needs 300k+ salary to pay their mortgage etc. Where can they even go? All big companies have frozen hiring now, even amazon is greatly reduced. Any good options left? How would you survive?
Does anyone know if salaries change within the same internal job title going from Amazon to Twitch? Thanks for your help
[Posting again as I didn't get much response] I feel I found a way to escape forced URA Quota PIPs, which have become new norm in BigTech from 2023 onwards. 1) Always choosing same seniority level of job while switching to other companies 2) But asking recruiters to give high band salary for that...Read more
I am going through interview process with Facebook, Google, Amazon and Intel. Is it necessary to tell current salary during the salary negotiation ?
I just received offers from Amazon and Microsoft Seattle offices. I have 1.5 YOE and wondering which offer I should go with. Amazon SDE1 (Alexa) Base: 140k 1st yr sign-on: 32k 2nd yr sign-on: 26k RSU: 41 shares/82k 1st year TC: 175k 4yr average TC: 175k Microsoft 60 (Azure, but the manager said ...Read more