Good to have on your resume for next future jobs
No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-workers-protest-jeff-bezos-house/ #tech #amazon
My mental health has gone downhill. I now have anxiety problems in the last 6 months but maybe it was worth it? Just reached 1.9M.. and only 4 months away from getting to 2M. Will plan my exit shortly after. In my 4 years at Amazon made approximately $1.4M in total wages. I can soon quit this comp...Read more
I have read that H1B is not used to lower wages as H1B at Amazon get paid more than your average American. On the flip side H1B teams are likely to work 60+ hours and not fight for WFH. This benefits corporations while harmful to Americans despite the “H1B doesn’t lower wages look at levels.fyi”.
What do you think? Source: https://theintercept.com/2018/04/19/amazon-snap-subsidies-warehousing-wages/
In the last year I’ve seen hundreds of people leave Amazon, the most concerning is that a large portion are in Senior Leadership level - VPs and Directors. Amazon increased corporate wages because they knew share value would go down substantially due to its Q2 earnings report. If you’re slightly sma...Read more
Nobody significant to the health of tech industry has done layoffs. I think all that’s happening is we returning to more balanced hiring conditioners where employers won’t be jacking up wages 20-30% a year. Amazon wages skyrocketed this year and you could tell such a hot market was not sustainable.
Hi guys, i am joining amazon next month and i have only 1 and half year left on my H1b, i do not have i140 approved. Does amazon file GC from day 1 joining or after 6 months ? also will they file Perm/Labor directly or will they do prevailaing wages, advertisement before filing the PERM ?
I recently got laid off. My last working day and termination date is “May 4th”. And my company is giving severance as continuation of pay for 8 weeks. So in ADP the paychecks it says “Severance Co” and not “Salary”. USCIS clearly mentions last day of work is last day you receive salary or wages. Now...Read more
—————— Update stayed at amazon. They managed to beat Snap’s offer. Hi, Got an offer from Snap in analytics and was wondering what people think in terms of the company and is it better than amazon in London. I could go to amazon and ask them to up my wages but thought I’d see what people say he...Read more
Folks, please dont take me a wrong way. I sympathize with those are impacted by the layoffs. My point here is we / news outlet / pretty much everywhere are focusing too much on the worst. This is the end of tech industry, tech is doomed, wages cut coming, blah blah blah. But looking at this chart,...Read more
LinkedIn saying Amazon is the best place to work and Comparably/Business Insider saying Microsoft pays Highest Wages. Which is worse?
Seems weird to me that Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon (probably others) all laid off in the 10-18K range. These companies all have disparate head count in Eng. Tinfoil hat time… Do you think there was some joint agreement between companies to layoff and flood the market to jointly fight SWE wages?...Read more
Trash Indian tech support companies that exploits thousands of young Engineers for cheap labor and pay them poverty wages, while over working them apparently need to be applauded. If we applaud companies by those standards that makes Amazon a literal Heaven. Do you agree with this?
With the elimination of WITCH H1Bs, more H1Bs will go to SWEs in highly paid top tier firms (eg. FAANG), which would mean more supply/competition for these roles (potentially lowering wages). American SWEs in top tier firms should oppose this new H1B bill unless it comes with a corresponding reduct...Read more
PIPazon's security vendor was fined $1.1M for malpractice i.e. improperly deducting work hours for meal break time when employees were indeed working. What is it with Amazon who always push its vendors/employees into extreme situations? Delivery drivers peeing in bottles, employees considering taki...Read more
Filing for unemployment in the state of Hawaii. They say I can't file for unemployment because Amazon reported my wages in California and I have never actually worked there (my office is based there but I've been working remotely in Hawaii). Anyone know how I can get around this? Amazon is taking fo...Read more
Closing the gap on the Bay Area with still lower cost of living. Plus $279k as an average is incredible. Also, this has to be TC helped by rise of Amazon, Microsoft stock recently. https://www.geekwire.com/2020/seattle-tech-workers-earn-279k-year-average-double-wages-every-sector/
A bootcamp now has partnered with Amazon to create a pipeline to L4 Backend SWEs at Amazon. These people will generally not have CS degrees. My prediction is that this will push wages down and make hiring abroad from India less incentivized. For reference: https://twitter.com/austen/status/138195...Read more
In mid November thousands of employees were offered a voluntary resignation program promising: 3 MONTHS of base pay 1 additional week of base pay per nearest 6 months of service 297/week cobra subsidy x 12 weeks plus 1 additional week per nearest 6 months of service. Employees who accepted the off...Read more