Compensation is not bad since the recruiters are so desperate to fill their jobs asap that you can ask for the world without any attention to internal compression.
It’s a dog eat dog world now. No longer is Gap the company that values or supports family or cares about employee engagement, loyalty or tenure. You move up by who you know and how you look. Forget about diversity in the workplace. That’s all lip service. If you’re white and tall, this place is perfect for you.
My manager won’t promote me. We submitted promo doc for review but he keeps coming back with gaps every quarter!! He is a newly promoted manager and doesnt have the backbone to back up my case during promotion review meetings! I’ve seen peers with less experience get promoted on other teams. I’ve lo...Read more
It’s tiring. In school it’s grinding just a few years for college. In college it’s for a good GPA/internship/job. At work it’s for career growth/rewards/promo. So when can you actually take a break? When you retire? I want a long break where I can do absolutely nothing productive. But seems like ev...Read more
Employee continues to think he is a rockstar and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage him. His performance is just about meeting expectations. Don’t want to manage him out but help him realize his gaps and then put him on the right track so he can grow. Looking for guidance. Edit: I have ...Read more
What's the gap between L5 to L6 at Amazon? What's the difference in expectations and how hard is it to get a promo?
Current TC: 147K+110K (+15% bonus) @ L4 12+YOE. Going up for promo in the upcoming cycle at G. Little over 115K stocks will vest in the next 12 months, without considering promo related increments, and will have the annual increase in January. Recruiter confirmed that HC cleared the packet for IC5....Read more
Promo seems to be a big point of frustration everywhere. Where do u think the biggest gap is? Specifically for the mid to senior engr levels, non-architect. TC 300k
Hello all It’s been 3 years at Amazon I joined as L4. There are some concerns about my promo, the manager feels there is gap, moreover sde-3 in the team doesn’t like it when I oppose to his ideas, takes it personally and is not supportive of promo. How can I progress in this situation TC: 150k
My packet is expected to reach hiring committee Thursday. Along with this update, my recruiter asked for an indepth work & education history as far as 10 years -- list every promo, identify all gaps between jobs, reason for leaving, etc.. Is this normal? TC: 220k #google
A lot of PIPs recently and releveling that has caused massive outrage internally. Culture is dead, morale is at an all-time low. Edit explaining releveling: They basically created a new leveling structure that a) delayed promotions by 6 months and b) gave them the opportunity to reduce pay bands I...Read more
I am a black SDE at Amazon and I got a pay increase of 15% with no promo. I asked my manager about the reason for the big bump and he said that Amazon is fixing its pay gap between races. How accurate is this? My level is the same and I have not been promoted.
To all blind parents: We are expecting the second child in 8 months. I am Currently L5 at aws. L6 promo just got rejected but the gaps are small and can cover before the birth of baby. Does it make sense to stay in Amazon and take the paternity leave TC hit then jumpship after L6 promo ? TC bumps ...Read more
When seeing others got promoted or got a upleveling job, it made me feel sad about my current position. Where I feel I’m devalued in terms of title and TC. Internal promo takes time given limited promo cycles and things to battle, but otherwise everything looks good. Then I interviewed externally,...Read more
Meta recruiter has been reaching out like crazy so I decided why not!?. Cleared the phone screen and now my interview is on October 20. On Friday my manager asked me to write my work summary for L6 promo at Amazon (Q1, 2024). He wants to do a gap analysis to cover in this quarter. This has put me ...Read more
Just heard back from my Q2 promo and it came a bit short for missing 1 more mid/large projects. I've been at Amazon for 1 year 4 months as new grad. TT for the past review. So currently year2 target comp around 160k with shares to vest Feb 2019. What should my thought be right now after finding out ...Read more
Went through PSC last month. Manager seemed very stressed as the team couldn't get promos due to lack of metric impact. I was one of those people whose promo didn't go through. Now when I talk about promo, skip is nit picking, like even if you get the metrics, we may find gaps in execution (I asked...Read more
I am currently an l4 sde at amazon with 1.5-2 yoe I have an sde ii offer at a decent sf start up that is doing remote first for ~280 tc, I am also doing team matching for google l3 which i think i can get up to 220-260 My manager at amzn said he’s targeting q3 or q4 for promo and has written a pla...Read more
Is it just me or others insecure that the TC for an existing employee, levelled up after promo, is way less compared to external hires!? The gap within band at same level is almost equal to one full fte in some other companies!! Edit 1: I want everyone of us amazonians to just leave We shouldn't ...Read more
Not even at FB yet but starting in December I wanted to know what I should look for in a team during bootcamp for career growth, and what I should do once I’m at FB to get a promo? I have ~4 YOE and feel pretty confident about working in SDEII level roles. Not sure if FB is similar to other places...Read more
I have 1 YOE as an SDE I in Amazon. Not a big fan of the team and not liking my promo chances. Burnt out and thinking of quitting and taking some time off (6mths - 1y) to travel and experience life while I'm young. Basically a gap year since I never did that during college. Maximizing TC is not my g...Read more
I have been in FB working on commerce products for some years, very close to E6 promo. got a Pinterest L6 offer with $630 TC, FB could potentially give additional equity to fill the TC gap(still waiting), if so, which one should I choose? 7 YOE Pinterest pros: - better WLB and culture - TL mult...Read more